Hotel Fox in the center of Copenhagen is at the bleeding edge of modern art and design. While many high street institutions claim interiors designed by famous names, rare are these that let art... »

Intriguing Environs, Odd Accommodations, Bizarre Restaurants and Bars, Architectural Oddities | Edited by stanestane and Dylan

Don't be fooled by the 4.3 miles of indoor storefront: this is way more than a gigantic mall. Yes, walking a full circle around just one level of the mall is over a half-mile in length. And yes,... »

Intriguing Environs, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by littlebrumble, Dylan and others

There are two Adriatic islands intricately linked to the mythos of Marshal Tito the former communist autocrat of Yugoslavia. One of them is the barren and desolate gulag island of Goli Otok, the... »

Unique Collections, Intriguing Environs, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by stanestane

The Ha'iku Stairs, aptly nicknamed the Stairway to Heaven, is a steep climb on the island of Ouahu that seems to disappear into the sky itself. The trail got its start as a simple wooden... »

Intriguing Environs, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Genki, Dylan and others

Loren Coleman first started pursuing unusual, often inexplicable animals in 1960, and has since become one of the world's foremost experts in the field of cryptozoology. The discipline, as... »

Fascinating Fauna, Museums and Collections, Strange Science, Natural History, Unique Collections, Hunting and Taxidermy, Strange Statues, Intriguing Environs | Edited by littlebrumble, wythe and others

The Peruvian capitol Lima is not the beauty it once was. It is vastly overcrowded thanks to perverse rural land policy that vacated the villages, suffused with the stench of fish factories. Its... »

Intriguing Environs, Cultures and Civilizations , Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Incredible Ruins, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow

One of the first realizations one has about Easter Island is, it's not an archipelago. There are no other islands surrounding it. No, in all directions there is nothing but empty ocean for greater... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Retro-Tech, Intriguing Environs, Disaster Areas, Rites and Rituals, Lost Tribes, Long Now Locations, Curious Places of Worship, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture, Repositories of Knowledge | Edited by LongNow, re_nakaba and others

From 1930 to 1965, the Lightship Frying Pan, a floating lighthouse, guarded ships from the danger of running aground on the shoals 30 miles off of the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. A total... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Intriguing Environs | Edited by jamesb and glitterbee

With its Alpine landscape, Switzerland is not a country that most people would associate with wine. But on the gentle slopes of the northern shore of Geneva Lake, the gentle climate actually... »

Intriguing Environs | Edited by stanestane

The Aleutian Islands are an arc of of volcanic islands that connect the continents of North America and Asia. This windswept, barren environment is almost devoid of trees, yet one the Aleutians... »

Extraordinary Flora, Intriguing Environs | Edited by stanestane