Ohaupo, New Zealand
The Tree Church
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
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Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Oulu, Finland
The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Woodbury, Connecticut
A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Paris, France
A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Islamorada, Florida
This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Skogar, Iceland
The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.
New York, New York
Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.
Holmegaard, Denmark
The greatest amusement park in the world is wall-to-wall farting dogs, puking rats, and cows with exposed breasts for the whole family.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Calistoga, California
A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Calistoga, California
This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.
Madrid, Spain
Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.
Norresundby, Denmark
This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
Aalborg, Denmark
Dozens of musicians have planted trees in this Danish park, and donated songs to go with them.