Rougemont, North Carolina
Castle Mont Rouge
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
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Rougemont, North Carolina
A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Supply, North Carolina
Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Jaipur, India
Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Greece
A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Three Rivers, California
These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Glasgow, Scotland
Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.
Lusaka, Zambia
Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A dictator's gold statue once rotated to face the sun on a 75-meter high marble tower.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Vienna, Austria
The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Nokhur, Turkmenistan
A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.