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Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Merida, Venezuela

Coromoto Ice Cream Shop

Shop the world's largest number of ice cream flavors, ranging from delightful to downright bizarre.

For more than 30 years, the former town of Potosi resided underwater after it was flooded by the building of a dam

Uribante, Venezuela

The Drowned Church of Potosi

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

A circular outline marks the underground location of the Roman amphitheater

London, England

Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

The temple in its new interactive exhibit.

London, England

Temple of Mithras

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

You could fit a lot of Ninja Turtles in there.

Toronto, Ontario

Sewers of Toronto

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

The Bilio-Mat

Toronto, Ontario

The Monkey's Paw

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Prelinger Library

San Francisco, California

Prelinger Library

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Touchpad for the vending machine

San Francisco, California

Short Story Vending Machine

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room

San Francisco, California

Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Row of lava lamps

San Francisco, California

Encryption Lava Lamps

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Photo from 1998

San Francisco, California

Yerba Buena Torpedo Storehouse

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

Takara Sake Museum

Berkeley, California

Takara Sake Museum

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Selection of Exhibits at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents (photo by Joel Bernstein)

Berkeley, California

Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Village

Berkeley, California

Thornburg Village

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium.

Beacon, New York

Zelda Fitzgerald's Abandoned Sanatorium

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Runoff Collection Pond from Mine Tailings in Leadville Mining District.

Leadville, Colorado

Leadville's Abandoned Silver Mine

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

Abandoned Jazzland

New Orleans, Louisiana

Abandoned Jazzland

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

Iserhatsche

Bispingen, Germany

Iserhatsche

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.

Amidon Gorge

Fredericktown, Missouri

Castor River Shut-Ins

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Bloedel Conservatory

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bloedel Conservatory

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Wing Sang Building, Vancouver

Vancouver, British Columbia

Wing Sang Building

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

The Rock

Michamvi, Tanzania

The Rock

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Chùa Giác Minh

East Palo Alto, California

Chùa Giác Minh

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Pixie Woods entrance.

Stockton, California

Pixie Woods

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

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