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More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This salt marsh in Southern France is as pink as the flamingos that inhabit it.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Underground farm located in a former bank vault deep within the bowels of Tokyo's business district.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

The fantastic architectural models of a French traveler.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.