This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

The hometown of a beloved manga artist created a treasure hunt for his popular ghostly characters.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

Life-size animals and furniture made entirely from cardboard fill this odd paper-themed restaurant.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.

This gorgeous, colorful 18th-century church is part of one of Bolivia's few surviving Jesuit missions.

Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.

An obelisk marks the exact center of the continent, as per the calculations of the legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.