A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

A quiet patch of astroturf laid out between a building that seems to be splitting in half.

30 years worth of pressed-tin, bakalite, and characters both loved and forgotten.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

A mausoleum dedicated to a warrior felled by misplaced loyalty and tragic circumstances.

The largest Chinese cemetery in the world outside of China dates back to the 15th century.

Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.