Los Angeles, California
Soap Plant / Wacko
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
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Los Angeles, California
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
Pasadena, California
Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
Santa Monica, California
A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.
Sandavágur, Faroe Islands
Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.
Ransom Canyon, Texas
A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
New Princeton, Oregon
At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.
Bucharest, Romania
After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.
Winkler County, Texas
Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.
Trakai, Lithuania
Over time, this castle grew to encompass the entire island.
Ellington, Missouri
One of the deepest springs in Missouri.
Finland
Crawling into this primordial cave may feel disconcertingly familiar.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
Paris, France
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Paris, France
The final resting place of the "father of special effects."
Katskhi, Georgia
Small church on top of a huge rock column.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
A science fiction-inspired apartment building designed by a famous Spanish architect.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.