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The Guardhouse Monkey in Mons, Belgium
Among the many pieces of elaborate historical architecture and decoration in the scenic city of Mons, the so-called Guardhouse Monkey may be the most mysterious.Located just outside the entrance of the...
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Museum of Ancient Life in Lehi, Utah
Opened in 2000 as part of the $23-million Thanksgiving Point museum complex in Lehi, Utah, the Museum of Ancient Life contains sixty mounted dinosaur specimens and proclaims itself the largest dinosaur...
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National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin , Ireland
The National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin is the first and only of its kind.It may be named after the wee little men with a pot of gold, but the museum is not focused merely on the worldwide fame of the...
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Clyde's Critter Crossing in Bynum, North Carolina
Clyde Jones has a chainsaw, paint, and a lust for whimsy that has garnered him the adoration of not only his entire community, but from some of the most important persons in the world. Born in 1938,...
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Alcatraz ER in Shibuya, Japan
In a country filled with bizarre and incongruous theme restaurants, Japan's Alcatraz ER stands out as an often sickening pastiche of horror movie mental institution themes and delicious dishes. From...
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Prophet Isaiah's Second Coming House in Niagara Falls, United States
The Prophet Isaiah migrated to the United States by way of Canada after having been born in Jamaica.While working here in the U.S. as a contractor on Mt Erie Baptist Church, he noticed that his hands...
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Undertaker's Ledgers at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York
The Gothic revival gates that mark the entrance to Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery house the welcome center and the cemetery's offices. But buried deep in the basement vaults, along side the mausoleum...
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Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Canada
Paris has l'Arche de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, London has Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, Washington has the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and the Smithsonian Institution, and Ottawa has... a...
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Medieval Clock at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England
In 1928, a clock enthusiast visiting Salisbury Cathedral’s 1884 turret clock noticed something unusual: a second large, wrought iron clock mechanism was also sitting in the tower, apparently ignored...
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Clock Museum in Vienna, Austria
The Viennese Clock Museum is housed in the Harfenhaus (Harpist's House), one of the oldest homes in Vienna.With around 1,000 clocks in all, there is much to see, from ornate pocket watches, to a...
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The Defender of Time in Paris, France
While most of the Quartier de l'Horloge, or the Quarter of the Clock, in Paris is dreary concrete, the mechanized time piece for which it is named is a stunning automaton called "Le Défenseur du...
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The Times Square Hum in New York, New York
Part art installation, part social experiment, this strange sound in the middle of Times Square is not to be missed-even though it's missed every day.Times Square has a few very noticeable features....
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Cathedral of St. Helena in Helena, Montana
After the site for this church was purchased in 1905, A. O. Von Herbulis, trained in the cathedrals of Europe, was commissioned for the design.Perhaps that's why this neo-Gothic design complete with...
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One Times Square in New York, New York
Marooned on a triangular intersection at the heart of New York City's busiest neighborhood sits One Times Square, the iconic setting for the annual New Year's Eve ball dropping ceremony, broadcasted...
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The Corpus Clock & Chronophage in City Centre, England
The cryptic click-click-clicking of the corpus clock comes primarily from its disquieting locust escapement, grinding away the hours as its gaping mouth moves in the effort to live up to the sinister...
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Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre and Museum in Montreal, Canada
Though by no means as elaborate as the major Holocaust museums in Washington and Berlin, the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre and Museum was founded in the 1970's and predates them both by...
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Hand of Faith Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Nevada
Despite its record breaking size, you may have to do a bit of hunting to find the world's largest intact golden nugget.Casinos are purposefully designed to keep you inside of them - mirrors,...
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Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation & Fantasy in Toronto, Canada
The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy, located on the third floor of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, is a unique non-circulating research...
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Aquarelle Train on The Moscow Metro in Moscow, Russia
From dogs that ride the train cars independent of owners to metro stops that look like period mansions, the Moscow Metro system is one of the most astonishing public transit systems in the world. Among...
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Sao Bento Station in Porto, Portugal
The walls of the São Bento Railway Station in the historical city of Porto, Portugal have a story to tell.The transportation hub located in the heart of Porto does more than shuttle people back and...
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