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Tourists can hang out with the crocodiles.

Sacred Crocodile Ponds of Paga

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

Permanently Closed

Cat with a "mousicle," a frozen block of dead mice.

Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Monkey Jungle entrance. (Flickr)

Monkey Jungle

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Peacock at Mayfield

Mayfield Park

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Permanently Closed

Eldon George near his home. (Kristyn Armour/Atlas Obscura)

Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

Parrsboro Rock and Mineral Shop Museum

Home of the world's smallest dinosaur footprints.

The front of the store. (Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop)

Evanston, Illinois

Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Waipoua Forest, New Zealand

Tāne Mahuta

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Iguanodon. The horns on the nose are actually thumbs. (Wikimedia Commons)

London, England

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Marwari horse.

Gundisar, India

Marwari Horses

Old and brave breed of warhorses known for their elegant, curved ears.

Napoleon's camel in the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix. (Wikimedia Commons)

Île-d'Aix, France

Napoleon's Camel at the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

Monarch the Bear at Cal Academy

San Francisco, California

Monarch the Bear

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Takehara, Japan

Okunoshima

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Maze

Vancouver, British Columbia

VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Chapel interior.

St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Dog Chapel

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Apollo Beach, Florida

Big Bend Power Plant Manatee Viewing Area

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Cahuita, Costa Rica

Aviarios del Caribe: Sloth Sanctuary

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.