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Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

This oddly beautiful water cistern is a techno-temple to the wet stuff and a multimedia masterpiece.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A surprising and unconventional mosque hidden in the subsoil of Istanbul.

Walk through living pictures and music in the Cathedral of Images.

This stunning and ethereal mural symbolizes the beauty, unity, and diversity of humankind.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

One of Belgium's oldest hospitals saw patients from the 13th to 20th centuries before becoming a museum.

700 iron sculptures crammed into a Mediterranean park.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

This ancient statue of Dionysus lies unfinished and abandoned in one of Greece's oldest quarries.

This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.