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KatKamakura

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Road-tripper from the Piedmont of North Carolina

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Underground House

Las Vegas, Nevada

Underground House

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Murals of Maxo Vanka

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Murals of Maxo Vanka

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

The Zenith

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Zenith

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Center for PostNatural History

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Center for PostNatural History

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Smith Mansion

Cody, Wyoming

Smith Mansion

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Portals of the Past

San Francisco, California

Portals of the Past

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

View of the "books."

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Library's Community Bookshelf

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

Pena National Palace

Sintra, Portugal

Pena National Palace

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Dead Children's Playground

Huntsville, Alabama

Dead Children's Playground

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Olympic National Park: Hoh Rainforest.

Forks, Washington

One Square Inch of Silence

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Madison Dry Goods Museum

Madison, North Carolina

Madison Dry Goods and Country Store

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Inside the pachinko parlor.
Permanently Closed

Wilmington, North Carolina

Pachinko World

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

The Odd

Asheville, North Carolina

The Odd

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Hansobo Shrine

Kamakura, Japan

Hansobo Shrine

A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.

The grottoes, possibly once used as storerooms.

Kamakura, Japan

Muryōju-in Temple Site

Home to 800-year-old zen basin, a 400-year-old pilgrim’s path, and a century-old industrial grotto.

The Old Manse garden.

Concord, Massachusetts

The Old Manse

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Headstone of Henry David Thoreau

Concord, Massachusetts

Author's Ridge

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The Orchard House.

Concord, Massachusetts

Orchard House

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Robo Lights

Palm Springs, California

Robo Lights

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The gates of Nobuko Yoshiya's house-turned-museum.

Kamakura, Japan

Yoshiya Nobuko Memorial Museum

The former home of queer novelist Yoshiya Nobuko memorializes her contributions to modern-day manga.

Shows from Game of Thrones to Outlander have also been filmed here.

Doune, Scotland

Doune Castle

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

The Erebus Chalice.

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Chapel of the Snows

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Ob Hill and McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

McMurdo Station

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

'A. Lincoln'

Battle Creek, Michigan

'A. Lincoln'

A massive portrait of Abraham Lincoln created with approximately 24,500 pennies.

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