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Asheville, North Carolina

Flat Iron Sculpture

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

e1savage

Added by e1savage

Asheville, North Carolina

Folk Art Center

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Meg

Asheville, North Carolina

Pritchard Park Drum Circle

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Meg

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Meg

Asheville, North Carolina

Biltmore McDonald's

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

lukefater

Added by lukefater

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava Old Town Hall's Cannonball

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

Added by CalWhimsey

Nuremberg, Germany

'Der Hase'

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Heraklion, Greece

Knossos

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

emdrichardson

Added by emdrichardson

Heraklion, Greece

Phaistos Disc

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

serflac

Added by serflac

Tzistarakis Mosque

Legend says it was constructed with the destroyed pillar of an ancient Greek Temple.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

Choragic Monument of Lysicrates

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

gus619USA

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The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

Fallen Aviators Monument

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

Aika

Theatre of Dionysus

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Little Metropolis Church

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

AdamTKincaid

Added by AdamTKincaid

Dromeas (The Runner)

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Aika

Anafiotika

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Added by Sam Teicher

Grožnjan, Croatia

Grožnjan Town Loggia

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

Mancika

Added by Mancika

UNESCO-Protected SPAR Supermarket

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Added by Rachel Gould

Pillar of Shame

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Sea Organ

A musical instrument played by the sea.

Dylan

Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Museum of Naïve Art

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

leiris

Added by leiris