Tulelake, California
Lava Beds National Monument
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
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Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
Gold Hill, Oregon
A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Nevada City, California
A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.
Auburn, California
A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The largest collection of handbags in the world, the oldest of which were used to carry Bibles, primarily by men.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Maastricht, Netherlands
A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Los Angeles, California
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
Los Angeles, California
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
Los Angeles, California
World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.