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A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Iceland: home to volcanoes, waterfalls and, apparently, Santa?

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A whimsical European-style chateau that calls the coast of Chile home.

Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

Hand-made memorials and a wish-granting murderer lie within this seaside pauper's cemetery.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.

The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.

Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.