Edinburgh, Scotland
Camera Obscura & World of Illusions
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
San Francisco, California
Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Odda, Norway
Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Los Angeles, California
Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.
Los Angeles, California
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.