Athens, Greece
Tower of the Winds
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
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Athens, Greece
An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.
Iceland
A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.
Warsaw, Poland
This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
George Town, Malaysia
The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Izumo-shi, Japan
What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bombed and burned, this monument represents the often controversial ties between Vietnam and Cambodia.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.
San Antonio, Texas
The cremains of those who donated their bodies to science are buried in a tiny cemetery behind the building.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Paju, South Korea
A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.
Paju, South Korea
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
Iceland
Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.
Paju, South Korea
South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.