Year: 2018

Wall of Alassio

Discover Wall of Alassio in Alassio, Italy: Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

Museum Obscurum

Discover Museum Obscurum in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark: This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

Bockaby Urban Warfare Facility

Discover Bockaby Urban Warfare Facility in Borås SV, Sweden: This abandoned urban warfare facility is a dream come true for airsoft and paintball enthusiasts.

Fantastic Pit

The perfectly named cave drop plunges 586 feet, almost as tall as Seattle’s Space Needle.

Fahan Beehive Huts

Discover Fahan Beehive Huts in Kerry, Ireland: Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

Kelso Ghost Town

Discover Kelso Ghost Town in San Bernardino County, California: The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Isola San Giulio

Discover Isola San Giulio in Isola San Giulio, Italy: A fairytale island floats in the middle of Italy's little-known Lake Orta.

The Cursed Chambal River

Discover Chambal River in Jajepura, India: An ancient curse kept humans from living on the water, and now it's brimming with rare wildlife and is one of the most pristine rivers in India.

Fairy Houses of Mendon Ponds Park

Discover Fairy Houses of Mendon Ponds Park in Honeoye Falls, New York: An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

The Nook Basement

Discover The Nook Basement in Saint Paul, Minnesota: The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

Corfu British Cemetery

Discover Corfu British Cemetery in Kerkira, Greece: The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

The Great Auk Sculpture

Discover The Great Auk Sculpture in Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador: A memorial to a giant seabird that was hunted to extinction.

House With Animals

Discover House With Animals in Moscow, Russia: Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

La Casa Mínima

Discover La Casa Mínima in Buenos Aires, Argentina: The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.

St. Catherine’s Greek Orthodox Church

Discover St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church in Athens, Greece: A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

F. Scott Fitzgerald House

Discover F. Scott Fitzgerald House in Saint Paul, Minnesota: The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise.".

Simcoe Park ‘Worker’s Monument’

Discover Simcoe Park 'Worker's Monument' in Toronto, Ontario: The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

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