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This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A rare venue to buy specialty maps.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.

This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A unique collection of artistic rides

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

This Stonehenge-inspired solar calendar stands alongside a landfill, in the middle of the Nevada desert.