Prague, Czechia
Paternoster Lift
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
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Prague, Czechia
This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.
Prague, Czechia
The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Venice, Italy
Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.
Venice, Italy
The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.
Venice, Italy
This deconsecrated church has seen many uses, from a tobacco storehouse to a cinema.
Venice, Italy
A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.
Hill AFB, Utah
The last SR-71 ever constructed.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Singapore
This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.