Jáchymov, Czechia
Royal Mint Jáchymov Museum
Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.
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Jáchymov, Czechia
Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.
Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Adršpach, Czechia
Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.
Melnik, Czechia
Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
Houston, Texas
Once seen as a bit of an eyesore, this sculpture has become a staple of downtown Houston.
Houston, Texas
This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Houston, Texas
Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.
Houston, Texas
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.
Houston, Texas
A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Houston, Texas
At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.
Rochester, New York
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.
Kyoto, Japan
The first location of the eventual video game giant.
Tokyo, Japan
Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
San Anselmo, California
George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.