Koyulus, Kazakhstan
Ybykty Canyon
This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
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Koyulus, Kazakhstan
This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
Pentidattilo, Italy
A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.
Shayyr, Kazakhstan
Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Portland, Maine
The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.
Springfield, Missouri
A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Seattle, Washington
Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.
Krakow, Poland
A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?
Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.
Tokyo, Japan
A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
These giant yellow bowling pins seem to be defying gravity.
Guelph, Ontario
Guelph’s hidden tribute to environmental action.
Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.
Nihommatsu, Japan
Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
Winchester, England
This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.
Bendigo, Australia
An unassuming pub with a huge collection of rare Indian motorcycles.
Manzanares, Spain
A scale model of our Solar System, where physical representations of the Sun and planets have been placed along a route in the local park.
Malton, England
This small figurine of a bear tells us a lot about the value of jewels and funerary practices in Roman Britannia.
Saint Maries, Idaho
Star garnets are so rare that you can only find them in two places on Earth—here, you can dig for them.
Whitewater, Wisconsin
A glacial erratic in the shape of a foot rests in the woods of a restored oak savanna prairie.
Almo, Idaho
This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.
Saint Charles, Idaho
Idaho’s largest, deepest limestone cave is known for its quirky rock formations and bat population.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A hidden and beautiful waterfall in middle of one of the biggest urban forests of the world.