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This massive oak tree has ties to the first native tribes of the region and the founders of Texas.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

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.

This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

A bit of the Berlin Wall was gifted to the Icelandic capital to commemorate the 25th anniversary of German reunification.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

A giant red chair bolted to a rock on a remote mossy hillside in Iceland.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.