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One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

This massive collection of taxidermy is full of specimens collected by missionaries during their international travels.

Pull up and have a drink at a museum filled with hundreds of years' worth of shipwreck artifacts.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

A former plague hospital turned medical museum.