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

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.