The 2,400-year-old Egyptian rug originally carried a mummified human foot.
Year: 2017
Warren G. Harding Presidential Home
Discover Warren
London’s Masterful Public Square That Never Was
The amazing modernist design for Mansion House Square never saw the light of day.
World’s Longest Car Wash
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Site of the Rosewood Massacre
Discover Site of the Rosewood Massacre in Cedar Key, Florida: A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
The Cat Boat: A Floating Sanctuary on an Amsterdam Canal
Up to 50 stray or abandoned kitties can live aboard the house boat, and human visitors are always welcome.
The Exact Spot Where ‘420’ Became Slang for Weed
Discover 420 Louis Pasteur Statue in San Rafael, California: Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.
Memorial to ‘Forever Faithful’ Shep the Sheepdog
Discover Shep Memorial in Fort Benton, Montana: A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
The Story Museum
Discover The Story Museum in Oxford, England: An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.
Preserved Gasometer in Siegen, Germany
Discover Ziegenberg Gasometer in Siegen, Germany: One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.
The Hastings Museum Kool-Aid Exhibit
Oh yeah.
The Hidden Art Gallery Under a Medieval Estonian Monastery
Just choose the path that descends down into the cellars.
Colombia’s 6-Ton Shakira Statue
It doesn't actually resemble the singer.
A Working Class Sculpture Pounds His Hammer All the Livelong Day
In the words of President Bill Clinton, "Hammering Man represents the workers, but the workers are getting hammered.”
The ‘Hairy Stone’ Fortress of Croatia
Pietrapelosa is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.
The Mutilated Octopuses of California’s Admission Day Monument
Why is there a pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slumped at the base of the monument honoring the state's admission to the U.S.?
Malta’s Lesser-Known Catacombs
The Ta’ Bistra Catacombs are the largest of catacombs that have been found outside Rabat.
Garavice Memorial Park
Discover Garavice Memorial Park in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A forgotten and crumbling Yugoslav monument to the victims of fascism.
Abandoned Dudik Memorial in Croatia
Discover Dudik Memorial Park in Vukovar, Croatia: Built as an anti-fascist tribute, this surreal Yugoslav memorial became an unwelcome symbol after the Croatian war for independence.
Red Rock Coulee
Discover Red Rock Coulee in Orion, Alberta: Huge spherical rocks in the middle of the prairie.