Places Tim Martini - Exploring The Obscure Wants to Go

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

Small church built in the 19th century for whites and slaves to worship together.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.