Hakone, Japan
Hakone Open-Air Museum
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
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Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Hong Kong
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Bradford, England
A museum devoted to the science of color.
Glastonbury, England
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Tisbury, England
Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Saint-Georges-des-Sept-Voies, France
Beautiful carved tunnels.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.
Florence, Italy
The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Grass Valley, California
The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.