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Japanese Cultural Village

Los Angeles, California

Japanese Cultural Village

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

1955 Metropolitan Astra-Gnome prototype.

Los Angeles, California

Metropolitan Pit Stop

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.

Los Angeles, California

Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

One of many vendors at the market.

Berkeley, California

Berkeley Flea Market

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

Tail of the Yak. (Creative Commons)
Permanently Closed

Berkeley, California

Tail of the Yak

Handmade treasures from around the world.

Urban Ore

Berkeley, California

Urban Ore

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

Fish Shaped House

Berkeley, California

Fish Shaped House

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Sea birds that call the pier home

Berkeley, California

Old Berkeley Pier

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Cesar Chavez Park

Berkeley, California

Cesar Chavez Park

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

Skeleton of the whale.

Kilbrittain, Ireland

Kilbrittain Whale

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

The Grand Royal Arch Room.

Dublin, Ireland

Freemasons' Hall

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

Charleville Castle.

Tullamore, Ireland

Charleville Castle

An 1814 castle that hosts an exhibit of "explorabilia".

The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad

Queens, New York

The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Copper Creek Falls and Mine

Carlsbad, California

Copper Creek Falls and Mine

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Fairy Chimneys

Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Rialto Beach

La Push, Washington

Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Nevertold Casket Company
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Nevertold Casket Company

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

APEX Electronics

Los Angeles, California

APEX Electronics

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Hutt Lagoon

Yallabatharra, Australia

Hutt Lagoon

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.

One of the "islands" in Lake Ballard as a backdrop to one of the figures

Ularring, Australia

Inside Australia

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

The Yellow Room curated by Barking Spider Visual Theatre

Melbourne, Australia

The Johnston Collection

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

Standing guard on the approaches to Government House

Reids Flat, Australia

Empire of Atlantium

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

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