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One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

Dozens of Soviet-era trains and carriages fill this outdoor museum.

Thanks to its heroic service during WWII this Soviet castle has been turned into a monument towered over by a brutalist titan.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.