Taxco, Mexico
Pre-Hispanic Mine of Taxco
This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.
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Taxco, Mexico
This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.
Sremski Karlovci, Serbia
A Museum with a collection of 40,000 matchboxes.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.
Durango, Mexico
This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.
Sala, Sweden
This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.
Nassau, Bahamas
Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.
East Warburton, Australia
Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.
Bahamas
The site of the earliest colonial settlement in the Bahamas started as a place of religious refuge.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Honolulu, Hawaii
This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Berkeley, California
A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.
Richmond, California
A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.
Forks, Washington
One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
Forks, Washington
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
Mansfield, Ohio
The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.
Asheville, North Carolina
This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.
Tokyo, Japan
Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.