Austin, Texas
Sparky Park
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
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Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Austin, Texas
This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Lubbock, Texas
This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Round Mountain, Texas
This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Cisco, Texas
Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.
Sweetwater, Texas
A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.
Brighton, England
A hidden sculpture garden tucked within the middle of Brighton.
Brighton, England
A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Brighton, England
This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.
Brighton, England
The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
Brighton, England
This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.
Louth, Ireland
A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.
Winona, Kansas
Once an ancient sea, this landscape of rocky ravines is filled with the fossils of ancient marine life.
Oakley, Kansas
One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.