Chartres, France
La Maison Picassiette
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
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Chartres, France
A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Naica, Mexico
A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Angahuan, Mexico
This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Vaïssac, France
This miniature Paris, built out of trash, is one man's two decade labor of love.
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Hungarian self-built castle.
Brussels, Belgium
Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.
Merton, England
Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Orp-Jauche, Belgium
Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.
Phraeksa, Thailand
All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.
Oda, Japan
"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.
Élancourt, France
France's Lilliputian park displays over 100 of the country's monuments for visitor perusal.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Zhongshan, China
Unusual outdoor collection of sculptures.
Potsdam, Germany
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.