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The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.