Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Pause in an abandoned hydroelectric station, now overrun with wildlife, to consider a thought-provoking poem.

This art center located in a former hydroelectric plant uses native plants to create paper for kites, bags, jewelry, and more.

Amid lush greenery, a man-made channel peppered with graffiti that dates back to 1881.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

This amazing collection includes rare stamps from around the world, including fluorescent ones.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

The stoutest tree in the world.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.