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

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

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

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

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

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

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

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

A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

The eclectic seaside sanctuary caters to a rather fowl crowd.