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The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

Extensive Orthodox icon collection in Andorra.

Home to over 200,000 artifacts, this museum attempts to guide visitors through the ancient history of Beijing and Imperial China.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A New Zealand couple's shell-adorned home living room, now on display at the Canterbury Museum.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

This 1000 year old relic-filled cave monastery and UNESCO World Heritage Site also hosts an amazing micro-miniature museum.

Mysterious tombstones thought to be remnants of Atlantis.