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The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

Full-scale dinosaurs dominate the forested park in the middle of Chile’s second city.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.