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A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.

The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A lumberjack in Finnish Lapland did not want to cut down his Arctic pines, so he offered them up to be adopted by nature-lovers.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.