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An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

This museum houses artifacts from American adventurers and filmmakers Martin and Osa Johnson.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

This small-town museum is dedicated to the original western movie mega-star.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

The UFO capital of Australia is the outback’s answer to Roswell.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

This large lake in Central Australia contains an estimated 600 million tons of salt.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. Erebus Disaster.

This quiet island in the middle of a bustling city is actually a volcano dotted with Māori ruins.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.