London, England
The Champion
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
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London, England
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
McLean, Virginia
A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Sedona, Arizona
The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
New Hyde Park, New York
This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Freeport, Maine
When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Rome, Italy
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
Asheville, North Carolina
Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.
Bergen, Norway
The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.
Eden, Utah
This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.
Terrace Bay, Ontario
This small archipelago in northern Lake Superior was formed by a massive meteorite impact 450 million years ago.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Excelsior, Minnesota
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Hamble-le-Rice, England
A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.
Strausberg, Germany
A unique, free-floating electric ferry may be the only of its kind in Europe.
North Webster, Indiana
Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.
Saugatuck, Michigan
This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.
Budapest, Hungary
This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.