This village called Fucking.
It’s in Austria. Residents have had issues with tourists
stealing their Fucking signs.
This lake that’s deep pink.
In Western Australia, Lake Hillier looks like it’s filled with
strawberry Nesquik. The pink color comes from the presence of the Dunaliella
salina organism, a type of algae.
The narrowest street in the
world.
Spreuerhofstraße in Germany is considered the narrowest street
in the world. It ranges from 31 to 50 centimeters. It was built in 1727, and
it’s not recommended for those who feel claustrophobic.
This very skinny house that was built out of
spite.
Around 1870 in Boston, two brothers inherited land from their
deceased father. One of the brothers went away to fight in the Civil War. The
other brother decided to be a dick and built a large house on the land, leaving
only a sliver of property to his soldier bro. When the soldier bro returned
from war, he was like, “WTF DUDE?!” So, he built this skinny house in that
sliver of land as a big screw you to his brother. The skinny house successfully
blocked his brother’s sunlight and ruined his view.
This hill with a giant stuffed rabbit at the top.
Viennese art group Gelitin built a 200-foot-long, 20-foot-high
pink stuffed rabbit that resides on a hill in the northern Piedmont region of
Italy. It opened in 2005 and was expected to last until 2025, but it pretty
much withered away by 2016. Hikers were encouraged to climb it and get some
rest.
This piece of land
that’s not claimed by any country.
In 1902, the UK drew up border lines for Egypt and Sudan that
were different from those previously established in 1899. Because of this, two
lands were in dispute: Bir Tawil and the Hala’ib Triangle. Both Egypt and Sudan
claimed the Hala’ib Triangle, because of its desirable natural resources. Bir
Tawil, on the other hand, had nothing. So neither country claimed it.
Bir Tawil
is essentially the ugly baby that neither parent wants.
This famous fence known for its bras.
The Cardrona Bra Fence was a controversial New Zealand tourist
attraction that consisted of bras…hanging on a fence. What started off as a few
bras in the late ’90s grew to hundreds. The fence was considered an eyesore and
a traffic hazard by town officials and it was removed in 2006.
This office building that has
a highway cutting through it.
The Gate Tower Building in Osaka has a highway running through
its fifth, sixth, and seventh floors. The highway is not attached to the
building, and it’s surrounded by a structure to reduce noise and vibration. And
it looks cool.
This municipality in the Netherlands that consists of little
Belgian exclaves.
Baarle-Hertog is a municipality in the Netherlands consisting of
several Belgian exclaves. Because of this, the border lines cut through
restaurants, houses, and shops. They can get extremely complicated. I mean…just
look at the photo above.
The world’s steepest residential street, located in New Zealand.
Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, is considered the
steepest street in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.
It was built in the mid-19th century when London planners built roads in a grid
pattern with no consideration for the terrain. Hence, they built a steep AF
street that has killed people who tried wheeling down it in trash bins and
coolers.
This mining town in South Australia where people live
underground.
Coober Pedy is a mining
town in South Australia that’s known for its underground residences. Since the
temperatures above ground can exceed 104 degrees, residents have chosen to live
in underground caves. There are cave homes, cave churches, and even cave
jewelers (see above).
This chapel that’s decorated with the skeletons of over 40,000 people.
That’s right. In the Czech Republic, there’s a chapel that’s
estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people. Most of
the skeletons were exhumed from mass graves back in 1511, and they were
artistically arranged by a half-blind monk.
The tomb of Jesus Christ…located in
Japan.
There’s a small village in Japan that claims to be the home of Jesus
Christ’s final resting place. According to the legend, Jesus did not die on the
cross. Instead, his brother Isukiri took his place, and Christ fled to Japan.
He became a rice farmer, got married, and died at 106.
These islands that
are separated by the international date
line.
These are the Diomede Islands. Little Diomede, the small island,
belongs to the United States, while the large one, Big Diomede, belongs to
Russia. They are divided by the international date line, which separates them
by 21 hours. So, depending on which island you’re standing on, you’re either
looking into tomorrow or yesterday.
This piece of US land that requires you to cross Canada to get to it.
The Northwest Angle is part of Minnesota, but because of minor
surveying errors, it’s disconnected from the state, and shares its only land
border with Canada. So, if you wanted to access the Angle by land, you’d have
to cross Canada first. The border checkpoint between Canada and the Angle is
unmanned, so you have to use a video phone at Jim’s Corner to declare yourself
to an immigration officer.
The name of this town in Wales is the longest single-word place
name in Europe, and the second-longest in the world. The name was created in
the 1860's in what’s considered an early example of a publicity stunt.
This island with a population of zero and a single solitary hunting
lodge.
Elliðaey is an island located south of Iceland. It’s known for
the small hunting lodge that’s perfect for anyone who hates people. The only
wildlife on the island are puffins. The internet believed the house belonged to
Björk, but this turned out to be false (unfortunately).
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Be careful out there today; there are
people everywhere----fishducky
