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For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.