Today's Featured Places
Ueno Zoo Escaped Animal Drill
Beasts escape from Tokyo Zoo to the delight of Japanese children
Tokyo, Japan
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Antarctic Sculpture Garden
Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight
Urology Museum
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more then you think it is...
Minnesota, US
Baikal Seals
Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia
Mys Nizhneye Izgolov'ye, Russia
Sacred Crocodile Ponds of Paga
Ghana's most docile crocodiles hold the souls of the village ancestors
Paga, Ghana
The Museum of Holography
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974
Chicago, Illinois, US
Auroville
An experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India, which may hold a dark secret
Birobidzhan
Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement
Birobidzhan, Russia
Pentecost Island Land Dive
The world's most primitive form of bungee jumping takes place each spring in the island nation of Vanuatu
Pentecote, Vanuatu
Kitum Cave
A salty cave excavated by elephants is the location of a deadly disease vector
Kenya
Antogo Fishing Frenzy
Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock
Bamba, Mali
Freetown Christiania
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street
Copenhagen, Denmark
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Folk art environment, gallery space, and nonprofit showcasing the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Great Train Graveyard
On the outskirts of a desert trading village, steel giants have been destroyed by salt
Uyuni, Bolivia
El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Pathway)
Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway in serious disrepair draws visitors hoping to cross it illegally
Alora, Spain
Eartha
The world's largest rotating world
Yarmouth, Maine, US
Skara Brae
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Sandwick, United Kingdom
Swayambhunath Monkey Temple
Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys
Kathmandu, Nepal
Entropa
Massive Czech installation of Europe's negative stereotypes
Plzen, Czech Republic
The Wall In The Wilderness
Carved panels tell the complete history of the harsh Central Highlands region
State of Tasmania, Australia
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections
Underwater Sculpture Garden
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike
Queen's Park Racecourse, Grenada
Salvation Mountain
Mound covered in messages of God's love, created by a single man
Pamukkale Water Terraces
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs
Denizli, Turkey
Wyckoff Street Mosaic
Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill
Brooklyn, New York, US
Da Lat Crazy House
This bizarre guesthouse is one of the city's landmarks that is popular with honeymooners
Da Lat, Vietnam
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
African American history through life-sized wax models
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Recently Added Places
Chucuito Temple of Fertility
Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises
Elk Garden
A Finnish artist's unique fauna statuary
Statue of José Maria Morelos
Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue
Petroglyph Beach
Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska
Il Castello Incantato
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads
Jardim Comendador Ho Yin, Macao
Ash Jesus and Ash Buddha
Sculptures of religious figures made from the ashes of pilgrims' incense
Los Angeles, California, US
Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel
A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.
War obelisk in Milan
Remnants of cone-shaped fascist bomb shelters in Milan
Temagami, Canada
Temagami Fire Tower
Stunning views over Ontario's old-growth pine forests

