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Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.