Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
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Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Madagascar
This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
Chamarel, Mauritius
This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.
Nairobi, Kenya
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
New York, New York
A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.