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Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This dangerous-looking suspension bridge may have been too unstable to remain open.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

This bone-filled cave got its name after they found 140 bear skeletons inside.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

The Nobel-Prize-winning author of The Stranger is buried beneath a simple gravestone in a sleepy French village.

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.