Italy
Cattedrale Vegetale (Tree Cathedral)
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
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Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Melbourne, Australia
Occult books, tarot, oddities.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
San Francisco, California
An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
New York, New York
An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.
New York, New York
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Saint-Ouen, France
Stroll through retro Paris while shopping for old postcards and discarded doll heads.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.