Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
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Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
New York, New York
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
Brooklyn, New York
Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.
Nai Mueang, Thailand
Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.
Sam Roi Yot, Thailand
At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
London, England
This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Izumo-shi, Japan
What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan
This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.
Nicosia, Cyprus
A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.
Issaquah, Washington
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Los Angeles, California
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Walla Walla, Washington
"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.