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A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

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

Take a dip beneath the stalactites in this amazing cenote.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.