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This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

Inside this shop, visitors are treated to a unique blend of natural history and art.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

This disused VLF radio station is no longer in service but the surrounding town still bears its name.

A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

You don't have to visit the deep blue sea to see these majestic creatures swimming wild and free.