Bronx, New York
Rat Island
Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.
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Los Angeles, California
Tom Mankiewicz Conservation Carousel
A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.
Joshua Tree, California
Hicksville Trailer Palace
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Magelang, Indonesia
Borobudur
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Windhoek, Namibia
Namibia's Space Ball
Welded sphere dropped from space.
Predjama, Slovenia
Predjama Castle
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Moscow, Russia
Museum of Soviet Arcade Games
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Permanently Closed
Ellicott City, Maryland
St. Mary's College
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Huế, Vietnam
Thien Mu Pagoda
Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.
El Hierro, Spain
Hotel Puntagrande
Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.
Permanently Closed
Boston, Massachusetts
Warren Anatomical Museum
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Dandarah, Egypt
Dendera Light
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Blythe, California
Blythe Intaglios
Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.
Beijing, China
The Amazing Robots of Wu Yulu
A chinese farmer builds robots from scrap.
Wilmette, Illinois
Bahá'í Temple
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Exeter, England
House That Moved
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
City Salvage
An architecturally-focused antique shop.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Mansion
27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
Fingal's Cave
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Odesa, Ukraine
Odesa Catacombs
The largest catacomb system in the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dig This
A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
Spreepark
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Growing Underground
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
