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A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

Incredible labyrinth of man made caves.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.

Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.