Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York
Established in honor of the Corning Glass Works 100-year anniversary as a company, the Corning Glass Museum allows visitors to see some of the most delicate art in the world and will even tell them to...
View ArticleSymon's Art Zoo in Bali, Indonesia
A bizarre and wonderful home, come studio, come gallery on the island of Bali, Symon's Art Zoo is one man's slightly skewed vision of the world, told in bright colors, grotesque caricature, and erotic...
View ArticleSt. Thomas, Nevada in St. Thomas, Nevada
Originally founded in 1865 by Mormon settlers, the tiny town of St. Thomas, Nevada was eventually drowned by after the building of the Hoover Dam, but now the dramatically disappearing waters of Lake...
View ArticleThe Museum Of Wonder in Seale, Alabama
Located in rural Seale, Alabama, the Museum of Wonder collects painting, taxidermy, found objects, and just about any piece of junk one can imagine into a cacophony of folk art and architecture. The...
View ArticleGuadalupe Peak in Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
At 8,749 feet above sea level, the "Top of Texas" stands at the zenith of the Guadalupe Mountains, the remains of a vast ancient reef that rose underneath the Western Interior Seaway, a large channel...
View ArticleWeather Machine in Portland, Oregon
The Weather Machine is a spinning contraption located in downtown Portland, Oregon that tells the weather by producing a symbolic icon once each day to great fanfare. Installed in 1988, the art piece...
View ArticleDreamy Camera Cafe in Yangpyeong, South Korera
Located in sleepy village on the outskirts of Seoul, the Dreamy Camera Cafe allows its customers to crawl inside of a giant camera and take a look through the other side of the giant lens.Built by a...
View ArticleAmboy Crater in Amboy, California
Rising up out of the California scenery along historic Route 66, the Amboy Crater provides a large and picturesque reminder of a more violent geological time. The black rock caldera of the crater was...
View ArticleThe Giant Stairway in Katoomba, Australia
Australia's Giant Stairway is a series of metal stairways and steps hewn right into the rock that leads to from the base of the Jamison Valley up to the famous Three Sisters formation. Despite the...
View ArticleAmerican Classic Arcade Museum in Laconia, New Hampshire
Housed inside New Hampshire's Funspot, which holds the Guinness World Record for largest arcade, the American Classic Arcade Museum (ACAM) collects almost 200 vintage arcade machines for future...
View ArticleHotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in Stavoren, The Netherlands
Using four massive disused wine casks, the Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren in the Netherlands has created a unique hotel experience that is equal parts junk recycling and rustic chic.Each of the four wine...
View ArticleSchwartz's in Montreal, Canada
If you are a resident of Montreal's hip neighbourhood the “Plateau” on the Main, you're fated to spend at least a few moments of your day dodging tourists lined up outside Schwartz's, a historic...
View ArticleHermannsdenkmal in Detmold, Germany
The towering Hermannsdenkmal (Hermann Monument) was built in fairly modern times, yet this proud celebration of strength and victory actually hearkens back to the area's tribal roots. Finished in 1875,...
View ArticleSacsayhuamán in Cusco, Peru
Built by the pre-industrial Inca, the three-tiered walls of the Sacsayhuamán complex are a marvel of engineering with some of the biggest blocks ever found in Incan construction fitted together so...
View ArticleHMS Alliance Submarine Museum in Hampshire, United Kingdom
Originally launched in 1945 the massive HMS Alliance served until 1981 when it was scuttled and made into a museum ship, but slowly rusted away, becoming home to over 100 pigeons. But recently the...
View ArticleDinosaur Isle in Sandown, Isle of Wight
Despite being built in 2001, the Isle of Wight's Dinosaur Isle museum claims to be the first purpose-built dinosaur museum in Britain, and is shaped like a colossal pterodactyl just to hammer the point...
View ArticleThe Palace Light Bulb in Fort Worth, Texas
The Centennial Bulb is the world's longest burning bulb, at 112 years as of 2014, but it is not America's only famous long-burning bulb. Young than the Centennial bulb by a mere seven years is the...
View ArticleDiscovery Island in Bay Lake, Florida
Located in Walt Disney World's Bay Lake, Discovery Island was opened as a lush zoological park, but after its closing it was left to deteriorate despite some terrific ideas on how to reopen the...
View ArticlePolaria in Tromsø, Norway
Located in Tromsø, in northern Norway, Polaria is the world's most northerly aquarium and looks as though the world's largest dominoes have been knocked over. This arctic aquarium which opened in 1998,...
View ArticleJack O'Landia in Lucerne Valley, California
Lucerne Valley's Jack O'Landia is a monument to eccentricity located along Highway 247 in the high desert, where the town slogan is "A Town with Character(s)."The mysterious Jack O'Landia sits in the...
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