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Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

The fully functional, submerged Vanuatu Post Office is definitely one of a kind.

"The country that ate itself."

This site is both a remarkable reminder of the town's mining history and a fantastic government blooper.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.