Chichibu, Japan
Chichibu Chinsekikan (Hall of Curious Rocks)
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
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Chichibu, Japan
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
Singapore
An artist crafted this lonely left hand as an imagined relic from Singapore's history.
Stratford, Connecticut
This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.
Frankfurt, Germany
Revitalization efforts converted a former U.S. military heliport into a sprawling urban park.
Nazaré, Portugal
A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.
Uchon, France
Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.
Sasaguri, Japan
A serene mountaintop temple complex featuring one big, bronze Buddha.
Cayce, South Carolina
A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.
Aachen, Germany
A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
Collingwood, Australia
A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
Stahlstown, Pennsylvania
A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.
Iglesias, Italy
A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.
Lesotho
An 18th-century hideout became a permanent and ongoing residence for one Lesotho tribe.
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.
Iowa City, Iowa
This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A massive stone fox oversees a Rotterdam elementary school crosswalk.
Cancún, Mexico
One of Mexico's youngest major cities still holds on to this structure representing its short modern history.
Washington, D.C.
Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.
Sakawa, Japan
Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.
Lisbon, Portugal
Entire apothecaries are on display at this Lisbon museum, which explores the history of medicine.
Thredbo, Australia
The tallest mountain in mainland Australia.
Ottawa, Ontario
The metal truss bridge served as the sole entry point to an "isolation island" for smallpox outbreaks throughout the 1870s and early 1940s.
Rushen, Isle of Man
This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.