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An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

Of all the unique artifacts inside this library, a mummified hand stands out among the others.

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This small road tunnel is the only place where you can cross beneath the Erie Canal.