Yucca Valley, California
Bob's Crystal Cave
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
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Yucca Valley, California
A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
Where dioramas can follow you home.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.
Chicago, Illinois
This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.
Chicago, Illinois
This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
The world's only known button museum.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Muswellbrook, Australia
Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.
Kurri Kurri, Australia
This 4.5-meter-tall statue of a native Australian bird marks Hydro Aluminium's 40th year in the area.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands
This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Wentworth Point, Australia
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Mount Dandenong, Australia
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Sosúa, Dominican Republic
An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.