Zurich, Switzerland
Findling vom Geissturm
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
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Zurich, Switzerland
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
Zurich, Switzerland
One hundred years ago this small house in downtown Zürich became the birthplace of the Dada movement.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.
Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.
Fishers Island, New York
Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.
Pittsburg, New Hampshire
An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.
Funchal, Portugal
A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Agion Oros, Greece
An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.
Kopačevo, Croatia
A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Tiraspol, Moldova
A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine.
Bender, Moldova
A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.
Moscow, Russia
The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.
Önneköp, Sweden
This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Kulionys, Lithuania
The first museum dedicated to exploring humanity's cultural relationship with the celestial world.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.
Merkinė, Lithuania
Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.
Musteika, Lithuania
A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.
Žagarė, Lithuania
What almost started out as a spite house became an eccentric's found object masterpiece.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.