Shengshan Island, China
Houtouwan
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
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Shengshan Island, China
This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.
Skhtorashen, Azerbaijan
Local legend says that whoever burns down this 2,000-year-old tree will only have seven days to live.
Şuşa, Azerbaijan
A scenic canyon with thick forests and historic ruins.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
La Pobla de Lillet, Spain
Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Southwold, England
A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.
London, England
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
Peaugres, France
One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Antonito, Colorado
Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Lima, Peru
Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.