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Home of The One Ring. The Jens Hansen The Ringmaker Gold & Silversmith jewelry studio workshop in Nelson, New Zealand.

Nelson, New Zealand

Jens Hansen Jewellery Workshop

The real place where the One Ring to rule them all was forged.

Chand Baori

Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Thimmamma Marrimanu

Edurudona, India

Thimmamma Marrimanu

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

Second half of the wall

New York, New York

REI's Wall of Litho Stones

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

The Blake Society Office

London, England

William Blake's Home

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

The fireplace adorned by elephant tusks.

New York, New York

Explorers Club Headquarters

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

First look 👀

Port Orchard, Washington

Hobbit House

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Dubrovnik Maskeron

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Maskeron

Gargoyle head that brings good luck.

National Capitol Columns

Washington, D.C.

National Capitol Columns

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Kinnitty Pyramid and the night sky

Birr, Ireland

Kinnitty Pyramid

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

Standing guard on the approaches to Government House

Reids Flat, Australia

Empire of Atlantium

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

Aldgate Pump.

London, England

Aldgate Pump

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

Dapper Cadaver

Madison, Wisconsin

Dapper Cadaver

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Audra Kunkle mounts some specimens in a workspace above the store.
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Loved to Death

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Conch displays.
Permanently Closed

North Fort Myers, Florida

The Shell Factory

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Grand staircase

Tampa, Florida

Hindu Temple of Florida

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir.

Bartlett, Illinois

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Chicago

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

The front of the store. (Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop)

Evanston, Illinois

Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

The Joseph Boston Store, better known as Casa del Oro.

Monterey, California

Casa del Oro

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Pigments at Pigment.

Tokyo, Japan

Pigment

Every color in the rainbow awaits.

Personal gadgets for sale in Akihabara around 2008.

Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Detail of the Texaco map terrazzo mosaic tile floor of the New York State Pavilion (Tent of Tomorrow), 2009

Queens, New York

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Catherine de Medici's secret cabinets

Blois, France

Catherine de Medici's Chamber of Secrets

Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.

Badain Jaran Desert

Alxa, China

Booming Dunes of Badain Jaran Desert

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

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