The JMSDF Submarine Museum's three-story brick building, opened in 2006, is dwarfed by the submarine Akishio, mounted on steel cradles between the museum and Kure's busy downtown street. The... »

Museums and Collections, Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Retro-Tech | Edited by spinkk, Dylan and others

At the center of a busy traffic interchange of Elephant and Castle sits a gleaming stainless steel box that has perplexed south Londoners for decades. Depending on which urban legend is favored... »

Unusual Monuments, Electrical Oddities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Trevor and Dylan

Located in the Omotesando shopping street in Miyajima is what is said to be the largest wooden rice scoop in the world. »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by spinkk

Every leader leaves behind a of trail of monuments named after them: foundations, schools, statues, and so on. Of course the biggest and the best almost always belonged to the most iron-fisted... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues | Edited by Dylan and Kiri_the_Unicorn

Located in San Luis Obispo, CA, Bubblegum Alley is a local tourist landmark. It's a 20-meter long alley covered in layers of gum. »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by lee

Discovered on January 8, 2003, by Aharon Shemoel on his farm in Kefar Zeitim, Israel, was a lemon weighing an astonishing 11 pounds and 9.7 ounces, making it officially the world's largest lemon.... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Commercial Curiosities, Horticultural Marvels | Edited by wythe

East of the Curtis Center is a one of a kind mural and gazing pool called "The Dream Garden". Designed by Louis C. Tiffany and based on a Maxfield Parrish landscape, it took 6 months to... »

Unique Collections, Unusual Monuments, Peculiar Fountains, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Dylan

Gilgal Garden is a wondrous little patch of land created by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. in the mid-twentieth century. Hidden away at the center of a block behind houses and businesses, it contains... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by Dylan

Most people have heard of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, but far fewer are familiar with Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson, the Smokey Mountains very own (non-Mormon) 'latter day saint.'... »

Unusual Monuments, Strange Statues, Cultures and Civilizations , Rites and Rituals, Curious Places of Worship | Edited by

Mercury, also known as quicksilver, remains liquid at room temperature and is a beautiful and graceful metal. Unfortunately it is also extremely toxic. For many years, the world's greatest source... »

Unusual Monuments | Edited by spopkes, mrobscurity and others