Austin, Texas
Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
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Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Neuheim, Switzerland
These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Berkeley, California
Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Vernal, Utah
Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Hakone, Japan
This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.