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Sir John Soane's Museum

London, England

Lenin Statue of Fremont

Seattle, Washington
Interior of the Hunterian Museum

Hunterian Museum, London

London, England
The long view of Cooper's Row

London Wall

London, England
Known as a "Zip Tube" this carries the book requests down to the stacks many floors below.

Pneumatic System of the New York Public Library

Manhattan, New York

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford, England
The top of the Space Needle exemplifies Googie architecture. (Wikimedia Commons)

Space Needle

Seattle, Washington
Archie in his tank. Creative Commons photo by Steve Sparshott

Archie the Giant Squid

London, England
59 Rivoli in 2005.

59 Rivoli

Paris, France
Wardenclyffe Laboratory

Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory

Shoreham, New York

Cheesman Park

Denver, Colorado

The Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford, United Kingdom

Pitt Rivers Museum

Oxford, England
Inside the dome of St. Paul's

Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral

London, England
Kryptonite-alike Jadarite

Kryptonite

London, England
The Navigators, by David Kemp.

The Navigators

London, England
Over 100 selections baked fresh daily, including the Tex-Ass doughnut (center-right, for scale).

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

Portland, Oregon
The Blue Mustang.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Wellcome Collection & Library

London, United Kingdom
(Flickr/Bebulaki)

I Love You Wall

Paris, France

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Multnomah Falls

Corbett, Oregon
The Difference Engine #2 at London Science Museum

Difference Engine #2

London, England

Duke Humphrey's Library at the Old Bodleian Library

Oxford, England

The Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Cambridge, England
Gum Wall window ledge

Gum Wall

Seattle, Washington
The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Vatican City, Vatican
Pont de la Concorde

Pont de la Concorde

Paris, France

Cadillac Ranch

Amarillo, Texas
Big Sam towers over the Texas interstate at 67-feet. (Leah Caldwell/Atlas Obscura)

Sam Houston Statue

Huntsville, Texas

Lion of The Botanical Gardens

Paris, France

Floating Mesa

Amarillo, Texas

Helium Time Columns Monument

Amarillo, Texas

Pier 22 1/2 & the SFFD Fire Boats

San Francisco, California

Paris Padlocks of Love

Paris, France
Medical Ed. Photo by Annetta Black

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

Seattle, Washington
Bentham hoped his corpse might preside over regular meetings of his utilitarian followers

Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

London, England
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Lapin Botanique

Hilversum, Netherlands

Nemo 33

Brussels, Belgium

Los Prismas Basálticos Waterfalls

Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czech Republic

Republic of Kugelmugel

Vienna, Austria

Theater Tuschinski

Amsterdam, Netherlands
(Flickr/Courtarro)

Horseshoe Bend

Page, Arizona
View from across Piazza San Marco.

St. Mark's Clock Tower - Torre dell'Orologio

Venice, Italy

Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Waikato, New Zealand

Berlin Botanical Garden

Berlin, Germany

Grotta Gigante

Trieste, Italy

Huayllay National Sanctuary

Bombón, Peru
Juliet's balcony

Juliet's Balcony

Verona, Italy
(Flickr/walbrasky)

The Colossus of Villa Demidoff

Vaglia, Italy
Eden glowing at night.

The Eden Project: The World’s Largest Greenhouse

St. Austell, England
Dismalite Closeup by Jeff Payne

Dismals Canyon

Phil Campbell, Alabama

Musée de l'Absinthe

Auvers-sur-Oise , France
Helmsman's station aboard the Akishio

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Submarine Museum

Kure, Japan
Every winter, the museum and its many picture windows become encapsulated in romantic and terrifying drifts of snow

Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science

Tōkamachi City, Japan
Schomburgk's Deer

The Room of Endangered and Extinct Species

Paris, France

Desert Reef Hot Springs

Florence, Colorado
Phantom Ship Rock

Crater Lake

Crater National Park, Oregon

Longwood House

St. Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
Abandoned fortifications at Fort Miley

Fort Miley Batteries

San Francisco, California

Gordon Museum of Pathology

London, England

The Bone Room

Berkeley, California
Widely spaced slats

The Vine Bridges of Iya Valley

Shikoku, Japan

Nuremberg Castle

Nuremberg, Germany

Byblos Art Hotel

Verona, Italy

The Silver Swan

Barnard Castle, County Durham, Scotland

Krubera Cave

Georgia

The Toba Caldera

Indonesia
A view of the 'Skin and Bones' collection. (Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata)

Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata

Austin, Texas
The final chamber of the Fleet Sewer.

The Lost River Fleet

London, England
(Flickr/Nikolovskii)

Kuklica

Kratovo, Macedonia

Lotta's Fountain

San Francisco, California

Dusty Groove

Chicago, Illinois

Herculaneum

Ercolano, Italy
The descent of the snake god

Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza

Cancun, Mexico

Pirate Soul Museum

Key West, Florida
Fort Jefferson

Dry Tortugas

Key West, Florida
Devil's Kettle. (derusha/Flickr)

Devil's Kettle

Grand Marais, Minnesota
(Flickr/carlalove)

Museo de las Brujas

Zugarramurdi, Spain

The Cross Bones Graveyard

London, England

Drowned Village of Vilarinho da Furna

Vilarinho da Furna, Portugal

Monkey Island

Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico
Lima Cathedral

Pizarro's Tomb

Lima, Peru

Hierve el Agua Stone Waterfalls

Mexico

Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Joggins, Canada

Waldspirale

Darmstadt, Germany

Bay of Fires

Parkham, Australia

Auerworld Palace

Auerstedt, Germany

Eaglehawk Neck Tessellated Pavement

Eaglehawk Neck, Australia

Magic Lantern Castle Museum

San Antonio, Texas
Sala delle Carte Geografiche in Palazzo Vecchio

Medici Hall of Maps - Sala delle Carte Geografiche

Florence, Italy
Bok Tower

Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales, Florida
(Derek A. Young/Flickr)

Turnip Rock

Port Austin, Michigan
One of the fortifications at the Musee des Plans-Reliefs, Hotel des Invalides, Paris

Musee des Plans-Reliefs

Paris, France

Moonhole Homes

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(Flickr/matsuyuki)

Jiuzhaigou Valley

Jiuzhaigou Valley, China

The Cracks - Las Grietas

Santa Cruz, Ecuador
Waterfall with the gate open

Lichtenhain Waterfall

Kirnitzschtal, Germany

Labyrint Drielandenpunt

Vaals, Netherlands

Sans Souci Palace

Milot, Haiti
50-foot waterfalls flow into Hamilton Pool, adding to the natural spring during the wet season.

Hamilton Pool

Austin, Texas

The Cockpit

London, England

Francois Hennebique's Concrete Manor

Bourg-la-Reine, France

Dennis Severs' House

London, England
Eucalyptus regnans surrounding the Styx River. (Wikimedia Commons)

Styx Valley Forest

Styx Valley Forest, Australia

Loango National Park

Loango, Gabon

Singapore's Rooftop Pool

Singapore

Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness

Sparta , Tennessee

The Skeletons of Waldsassen Basillica

Waldsassen, Germany

Porta Alchemica

Rome, Italy
Dead Vlei

Dead Vlei

Namibia

Tirta Gangaa Water Palace

Abang, Indonesia

Sea Turtle Hatchery

Spring, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Exterior view of the Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

Kennedy Space Center, Florida
(WikiCommons)

Yangshuo and Moon Hill

Yangshuo, China
Hanging Lake

Hanging Lake

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Morning Glory Pool

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

The Observation Tower

Vienna, Austria

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mosaics stretching across every wall of the house

Cigar Band House

Volendam, Netherlands
Noletmolen. (Wikimedia Commons)

Noletmolen

Schiedam, Netherlands
Old CCP crop duster at Pearls Airport, Grenada

Cold War Relics at Pearls Airport

Grenada

Jablanac Shipwreck

Jablanac, Croatia

Le Chabanais

Paris, France

Mount Roraima

Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Jean-Martin Charcot's Library

Doctor Charcot's Library

Paris, France

Basiliek Oudenbosch

Oudenbosch, Netherlands

Lord Mayor’s Parade, Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland
Redonda, unclaimed land in the Caribbean

Kingdom of Redonda

Antigua and Barbuda

Mosquito Bay

Vieques, Puerto Rico
CC Attribution Share Alike Dylan Thuras

The Last Handwoven Bridge

Huinchiri, Peru
Erta Ale by Night

Erta Ale

Afar Region, Ethiopia
Hall of Hunting

Budapest Agriculture Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Mummy Pa-Ib at the Barnum Museum

P.T. Barnum Museum

Bridgeport, Connecticut
Napoleon's camel in the Musée africain de l'île d'Aix. (Wikimedia Commons)

Napoleon's Camel

Île d'Aix, France
View of the museum bar

H.R. Giger Museum

Gruyére, Switzerland

Plantin-Moretus Museum of Printing

Antwerp, Belgium

Crabs of Christmas Island

Christmas Island, Territory of Christmas Island, Australia
Loch Ard Gorge panorama, July 2005. (Wikimedia Commons)

Loch Ard Gorge

Port Campbell, Australia
Cenobio de Valeron. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cenobio de Valeron

Sta. María de Guía, Spain

Crystal Cave

Put-in-Bay , Ohio
The Edward James Garden. (Wikimedia Commons)

Las Pozas

Xilitla , Mexico
Stone bench

Walker Rock Garden

Seattle, Washington
View from the main axis.

Santa Maria presso San Satiro

Milano, Italy

San Bernardino alle Ossa

Milano, Italy

Garden of Fragrance

San Francisco, California
Vintage postcard showing Sweeney Observatory atop Strawberry Hill

Sweeney Observatory Site

San Francisco, California
(Flickr/DrJohnBullas)

Diavik Diamond Mine

North Slave Region, Canada
A boat being serviced using a dry dock. (amberjol/Flickr)

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn , New York
Mummified head of a murderer with blond hair

Kriminalmuseum

Vienna, Austria

The World's Smallest Hotel - Eh'häusl

Amberg, Germany
Universe Cascade

Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Dumfries, Scotland

Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner

Hanover, Germany

The Glowing Clams of Great Britain

West Dorset, England

Floating Bridge of Brookfield, VT

Brookfield, Vermont

Pumpkin Spring Pool

Littlefield, Arizona
The organ, high above the church

Bamboo Organ

Las Pinas City, Philippines
Some rights reserved by Kai Hendry

Brazil's Coffee Palace

Santos, Brazil

Mt. Erebus

Antarctica
Sign in the catacombs

Catacombes de Paris

Paris, France

Guinigi Tower - Torre Guinigi

Lucca, Italy

The Narrenturm

Vienna, Austria

The Dore Vase

San Francisco, California
Copyright Phil Hart under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 License.

Gippsland Lake Bioluminescence

Lake Gippsland , Australia
Upper canyon. (Wikimedia Commons)

Antelope Canyon

Page, Arizona
The Rococo double sarcophagus of Emperor Franz I Stephan and his wife Empress Maria Theresa by sculptor Balthasar Ferdinand Moll.

Hapsburg Imperial Crypt

Vienna, Austria

Lava River Cave

Bend, Oregon
Photo by Héctor Gutiérrez Guzmán, via Flickr CC

Robinson Crusoe Island

Chile
The O-torii, 16 meters high, was rebuilt in 1875.

Itsukushima Shrine

Hatsukaichi, Japan
Xul Solar Museum

Xul Solar Museum

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Mustard Museum

Middleton, Wisconsin

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Mosca, Colorado
The Minister's Tree House (Flickr/Wonderdawg777)

Minister's Tree House

Crossville, Tennessee

Argonaute Submarine

Paris, France

Galileo's Middle Finger

Florence, Italy
Walls built of femurs

Capela de Ossos Bone Chapel

Faro, Portugal

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

London, England
Strelley Pool, Western Australia

The Birthplace of Life on Earth

Australia

McElroy Octagon House

San Francisco, CALIFORNIA
Photographed by Arpad Horvath, June 2006

Bory Castle

Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Broken eggshells litter the pavement.

Owakudani Black Eggs

Hakone, Japan
The Magic Castle during the day - slightly less ominous than at night

The Magic Castle

Los Angeles, California
Lake Berryessa Glory Hole Spillway

Monticello Dam Morning Glory Spillway

Napa, California
Painstaking, life-size recreation of a 1958 ramen boom town.

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

Yokohama 222, Japan

Statue of Death of the University of Medicine

Paris, France

The Museum of Roman Ships at Fiumicino

Rome, Italy

The World Discoverer

Solomon Islands

Caño Cristales

Colombia
Inside the bookstore

Shakespeare and Company

paris, France

Dans le Noir?

Paris, France
The jutting peaks of Moon Valley

Valle de la Luna - Moon Valley

Our Lady of Peace, Bolivia
Olympic Hot Springs.

Olympic Hot Springs

Washington

Neahkahnie Mountain

Oregon

Hallstatt Charnel House

Hallstatt, Austria

Cueva Ventana

Puerto Rico

Esperanto Museum

Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Zograf Monastery

Holy Mount of Athos

Mount Athos, Greece
1920s Subway Car complete with ceiling fansPhoto by Curious Expeditions

New York Transit Museum

Brooklyn, New York
Entrance to the museum

Ghibli Museum

Mitaka,Tokyo, Japan

Poveglia Plague Island

Venice, Italy

Devil's Island

French Guiana

Roppongi Hills Garden Pond

Minato, Japan
Island of San Servolo

San Servolo Insane Asylum Museum

Venice, Italy
Smooth glass pieces layer the beach (Flickr/mihradio)

Glass Beach

Fort Bragg, California
The largest fragment discovered from the meteorite that formed Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater

Winslow, Arizona
Lightning Field

The Lightning Field

Quemado, New Mexico

State Darwin Museum

Moscow, Russia

Valley of the Butterflies

Greece

Warren Anatomical Museum

Boston, Massachusetts
Rick Prelinger at the Prelinger Library

Prelinger Library

San Francisco, California

Aarhus Hjernesamlingen – Aarhus Brain Collection

Risskov, Denmark
Statue of Momofuku Ando outside the museum, holding a chicken ramen packet in his hand and standing on a giant cup of noodles.

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum

Ikeda, Japan
Wall detail

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Museo Subacuatico de Arte Project

Mexico

Wreck of the Titanic

Atlantic Ocean
Hall of Mosses Photos copyright of <a href="www.lilylandesphotography.com">lilylandesphotography.com</a>

Hall of Mosses

Forks, Washington

The Berkeley Pit

Butte, Montana

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Shillong, India
The illustrious El Bordello Alexandra

El Bordello Alexandra Apartments

Venice, California
The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

Schloss Hellbrunn

Salzburg, Austria
View of the unusual cemetery (Flickr / Carpetblogger)

Nokhur Cemetery

Nokhur, Turkmenistan

Brno Ossuary

Brno, Czech Republic

VW-Cableway

Bratislava, Slovakia

Villa Pisani Labirinto

Stra, Italy

Chios Rocket War

Vrontados, Greece
Kilt Rock

Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls

Elishader, Scotland
Blue Hole Jamaica.

Blue Hole Mineral Spring Jamaica

Brighton, Jamaica
For more than 30 years, the former town of Potosi resided underwater after it was flooded by the building of a dam

The Drowned Church of Potosi

Potosi, Venezuela
Sculpture showing dolphin blowhole sex

Museum of Sex

New York, New York
(Flickr/Eliduke)

Hot Water Beach

New Zealand

Burg Pfalzgrafenstein

Kaub, Germany
The thick, black "liquid" that forms this lake is pitch. In many parts, it's thick enough to stand on

Pitch Lake

New Jersey, Trinidad and Tobago
Mount Huangshan

Lovers in the Mist

Hefei, China

The Protestants' graveyard

Rome, Italy

Temple of Damanhur

Turin, Italy

The Conch Republic

Key West, Florida

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

New York, New York

Brain Museum

Lima, Peru
the entrance to the fort

Fort Wetherill

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Sanjusangendo

Kyoto, Japan

The Child Eater of Bern

Bern, Switzerland

Tenryu-Ji Shrine's Bamboo trail

Kyoto, Japan

Naturhistorisches Museum

Vienna, Austria
The Moeraki Boulders at sunrise. (Wikimedia Commons)

Moeraki Boulders

Koekohe Beach, New Zealand

Trilobite Quarry

Delta, Utah

Kori no Suizokukan

Kesennuma, Japan

Pyramids of Paratoari

Peru

Caffe Vittoria

Boston, Massachusetts
Man Lake. Photo taken in immediate succession with that of Woman Lake appearing next.

Man & Woman Lakes

Bangem, Cameroon
Gates to the Poison garden

Alnwick Poison Gardens

Alnwick, England
The Pipe Organ

The Kingdom of Boomeria

Bonny Doon, California

Kolukkumalai Tea Estate

India
A view of the lighthouse. (Wikimedia Commons)

Alcatraz Island - La Isla de los Alcatraces

San Francisco, California

Saut-d'Eau Waterfalls

Haut Saut d'Eau, Haiti
Entrance

Haw Par Villa

Singapore, Singapore
Courtesy of Krystol

The Upside Forest of Mendenhall Gardens

Juneau, Alaska

Principality of Sealand

Whitsable, England

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Ani Ghost City

Ani, Turkey

Capuchin Monastery

Palermo, Italy
Schmetterlinghaus interior

Schmetterlinghaus: The Imperial Butterfly Park

Vienna, Austria

Rio Tinto (Red River)

madrid, Spain

Josephinium Medical Museum

Vienna, Austria

Bridge to Nowhere

Los Angeles, California

The Lost Garden of Schloss Schonbrunn

Vienna, Austria

Steinsdalsfossen Waterfall

Norheimsund, Norway
Century-old rats

Julien Aurouze and Co.

Paris, France

Hawker's Hut

Morwenstow, United Kingdom

François Richard's Scientific Devices and Odd Machinery

Saint Ouen, France
Kowowai tree house, Papua

Korowai Tree Houses

Indonesia
Museum of Unnatural History

Museum of Unnatural History

Washington DC
One of the famous reed islands on the world's highest navigable lake.

The Uros People of Lake Titicaca

Near Puno, Peru

Kissing Rock

Pacific Grove, California

The Dunmore Pineapple House

Dunmore Park, Scotland

Museum Boerhaave

Leiden, Netherlands
Escobar's Hippos

Hacienda Nápoles

Colombia
Credit: Carsten Peter/National Geographic.

Hang Son Doong

Vietnam
The entry to the gardens. (jeffbelmonte/Flickr)

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Curitiba, Brazil
Signs leading to Akhzivland

Akhzivland

Israel

Zymoglyphic Museum

San Mateo, California
Ytterby mine ( source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ytterby_gruva_2769.jpg )

Ytterby Mine

Vaxholm, Sweden

Lotus Lake

Udon Thani, Thailand

Jules Lavirotte 's 29 Avenue Rapp

Paris, France

Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains

Elkmont, Tennessee

Red Cross Concentration Camp

Nis, Serbia
Fixtures from the "sidewalk's" former use as a working aqueduct can still be found along the path

The Secret Sidewalk

Fremont, California
The Horca del Inca, a pre-Incan observatory

Horca del Inca

Copacabana, Bolivia
Quiet day at the old Bad Art Museum of Art

Seattle's Official Bad Art Museum of Art

Seattle, WA
Fountains in front of the temple (Flickr/dregola)

Francisco Brennand's Ceramic Workshop

Recife, Brazil
Japanese lake with stone lantern. (Wikimedia Commons)

Japanese War Cemetery and Garden

Cowra, Australia

Las Fuentes Georginas

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Saint Bartholomew's Hospital Pathology Museum

West Smithfield, United Kingdom
Jungle view.

Darien Gap

Choco, Colombia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Wollemi National Park, Australia
Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers

Homs, Syria
Tetsujin 28 robot statue in Wakamatsu Park

Tetsujin 28 Robot Statue

Kobe, Japan

Monarch Grove Sanctuary

Pacific Grove, California

Museum of Menstruation

Washington, District Of Columbia

The Torture Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aitre St. Maclou

Aitre St. Maclou

Rouen, France

Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors

London, England

First Natural Lanzart

The Hague, The Netherlands

The Pirate Shop at 826 Valencia

San Francisco, California
Märket Lighthouse

Market Lighthouse

Sweden
North Dumpling Island

North Dumpling Island

Long Island Sound, New York
Bust of His Royal Highness Prince Leonard of Hutt

Principality of Hutt River

Australia
The cycle of artists painting over prior pieces begins

Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

London, England

Foucoult's Pendulum and the Paris Pantheon

Paris, France

National Museum of Health and Medicine

Washington, District of Columbia
Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bathintime/">Fogatada</a>

Wiltshire's Secret Underground City: The Burlington Nuclear Bunker

Corsham, England
Garden of the Lord's Residence

Kokoen Garden

Himeji, Japan
Visible remains of the Mithraeum, off 18 Walbrook Street, London EC4. (dougygyro/Atlas Obscura)

Temple of Mithras

London, England
A circular outline marks the underground location of the Roman amphitheater

Guildhall's Underground Roman Amphitheater

London, England

Chez Christiane

Paris, France

Museum of Miniature Books

Baku, Azerbaijan

Gruta Do Lago Azul: The Blue Lake Grotto

Bonito, Brazil

Flashing Fireflies of Kampung Kuantan

Kampung Kuantan, Malaysia
Kintai Bridge. (Ken Spink/Atlas Obscura)

Kintai Bridge

Iwakuni, Japan

György Ràth Museum

Budapest, Hungary
Kitch-iti-kipi viewing raft. (Wikimedia Commons)

Kitch-iti-kipi

Thompson Township, Michigan
Children of the Khasi Tribe.

Cherrapunji

India
Cape Foulweather. (Valleycat/Atlas Obscura)

Cape Foulweather

Oregon
The removal of limestone left a man-made lake as long and deep as they come

Empire Quarry

Oolitic, Indiana

Michael Faraday Memorial

London, England

The Etched Mirror Salons of Laperouse Restaurant

Paris, France
Miniatur Wunderland

Miniatur Wunderland

Hamburg, Germany

Tide Pools of Essaouira

Essaouira, Morocco
Kings Bowl and Great Rift from air. King's Bowl is a phreatic explosion pit 280 feet (90 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) deep, caused by lava meeting groundwater and producing a steam explosion 2,200 years ago. (Wikimedia Commons)

Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Arco, Idaho

Au Bonheur du Jour

Paris, France
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden - Maple Hall Courtyard.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Vancouver, Canada

The Wildgoose Memorial Library

London, England

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

Alexandria, Virginia

Alain Baroux's Antique Curiosity Cabinet

Saint-Ouen, France
Hotel Everland in Leipzig

Hotel Everland

Saas Fee, Switzerland
Northlandz valley. (leff/Flickr)

Northlandz

Flemington, New Jersey

Traffic Light Tree

London, England
Lookin' into the big hole

Cave of Swallows - Sótano de las Golondrinas

Huehuetlán, Mexico

The Garret

Bloomington, Indiana

Wooden Books of Padova University

San Vito di Cadore, Italy

Boiling Lake

Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library

Vienna, Austria

SubTropolis

Kansas City, Missouri

Nimis in Ladonia

Höganäs, Sweden
A tree in the border regions near the Sahara

The Great Green Wall of Africa

Dakar, Senegal

Uplistsikhe Cave Town

Uplistsikhe, Georgia

Aviarios del Caribe - The Sloth Sanctuary

Cahuita, Costa Rica
Bottles on display

The Bottle Art Museum

Pattaya, Thailand

Tremble Island

Canada
Balcony View

Britannia Panopticon Music Hall

Glasgow, Scotland

Going-to-the-Sun Road

Glacier National Park, Montana
Philosophical Reading Room

Szabo Ervin Library

Budapest, Hungary
(Flickr/jtu)

Papakolea Beach

Hawaii
Heinold’s First and Last Chance 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon

Oakland, California

Chelsea Physic Garden

London, England
A recreation of Henry Hudson's ship at the Flessenscheepjes Museum.

Bottle-ship Museum

Enkhuizen, Netherlands
The gates of San Quentin

San Quentin Prison Gift Shop

San Quentin, California

The Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge, Virginia

Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Sculpture Garden

National Marine Park, Grenada

Marsh's Library

Dublin, Ireland

The Arab Room at Cardiff Castle

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Sark Dark Sky Island

Sark, Channel Islands (UK)
(Flickr/twiga269 ॐ FreeTIBET)

Valle de las Animas

la paz, Bolivia
World's Tallest Lego Tower.

World's Tallest Lego Tower

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Billy's Antiques and Props

New York City, New York

Teylers Museum

Haarlem, Netherlands
Père Lachaise in snow

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Paris, France

Horsetail Fall's Fire Fall

Yosemite National Park, California

Rajneesh invasion Plaque

Antelope, Oregon
Methuselah Grove

Methuselah Tree

California

Davit Gareja Cave Monastery

Georgia

Hobbiton

Matamata, New Zealand

Bradbury Building

Los Angeles, California
The Great Guatemalan Sinkhole

Great Guatemalan Sinkhole

Guatemala City, Guatemala

Gopher Hole Museum

Torrington, Canada

Musee Mecanique

San Francisco, California

Gasometer Town

Wien, Austria

Frozen Cleveland Lighthouse

Cleveland, Ohio
Mammal Room

Hanoi Zoological Museum - Bao tang Dong vat

Hanoi, Vietnam

Puzzlewood

Forest of Dean, England

Rafflesia

Phanom, Thailand

Campo del Cielo Meteorite Field

Argentina

Dasparkhotel

Ottensheim, Austria

Ithaa Undersea Restaurant

Male, Maldives
Sleeping fox of the Fox Salon

Museum of Hunting and Nature (Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature)

Paris, France
Bicheno Blowhole. (Prasit Mankad/Flickr)

Bicheno Blowhole

Bicheno, Australia
Underwater bar (Planet Oddity)

Red Sea Star

Eilat, Israel
Richat Structure seen from above.

Richat Structure

Ouadane, Mauritania

Landsford Canal State Park

Catawba, South Carolina
(Empire de la Mort)

Křtiny Ossuary

Křtiny, Czech Republic

Kjeragbolten

Lysefjorden, Norway

Le Musee des Moulages

Paris, France
Bird's eye view of the France Miniature

France Miniature Park

Élancourt, France
The easily transportable capsules provide a cozy alternative to conventional, foundation-based pieces of architecture

Capsule Hotel

The Hague, Netherlands

Kaindy Lake

Kazakhstan

Plitvice Lakes

Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
A diver floats over a footbridge.

Green Lake

Tragoess (Tragöß), Austria
Lake Bled. (Wikimedia Commons)

Bled Island and Castle

Bled, Slovenia

Marble Caves of Chile Chico

Chile Chico, Chile

Evolver

Zermatt, Switzerland

Walker Library of The History of Human Imagination

Stamford, Connecticut
Warden's Lodge

Pinetum Blijdenstein

Hilversum, Netherlands

Forestiere Underground Gardens

Fresno, California

Bishop Castle

Custer County, Colorado
Cross section of dog skull

Museum Vrolik

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Quinta da Regaleira

Sintra, Portugal
(Wikimedia Commons)

Fern Canyon

Orick, California
A nightmare world in Northern Ethiopia (Travel Shack Blog)

Dallol

Ethiopia
Plane in Hangar B

Floyd Bennett Field

Brooklyn, New York

Hunter S. Thompson Shrine

Aspen, Colorado

Museé Fragonard

Paris, France

Dinosaur Dance Floor

Cal Orcko, Bolivia
The AHAC is the oldest military company in the western hemisphere, and celebrates that heritage proudly

AHAC Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Pamukkale Water Terraces

Denizli, Turkey

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Kyoto, Japan
(Flickr/Surf Cologic)

Jokulsárlón

Hofn, Iceland
(Flickr/SURF&ROCK (Miguel Navaza))

Laguna Colorada

Bolivia

Marsh's Free Museum

Long Beach, Washington

Plaza de Toros

Colonia, Uruguay

Oak Beams, New College Oxford

Oxford
(Flickr/Ilona_68)

Svartifoss

Iceland
Augustinian Friar's Astrological Clock - one of the hands takes 20,000 years to revolve.

Clock Museum

Vienna, Austria
Divers in Chuuk Lagoon.

Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon

Palau

The Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya, Thailand

Kaplica Czaszek: The Chapel of Skulls

Czermna, Poland
(WikiCommons)

Battle of the Oranges

Ivrea, Italy
Faded Pepsi Sign

Pepsi Bottling Plant

Battambang, Cambodia
A view underground

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington
Deep in the forest

The Duplicative Forest

Boardman, Oregon
When the tide is out one can clearly see the concrete support

Hvítserkur

Hunafjorour, Iceland
Ether Monument. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ether Monument

Boston, Massachusetts

German Tourist Club

Mill Valley, California
Hospital Train - Korean War

U.S Army Medical Department Museum

San Antonio, Texas

Auroville

Auroville, India
A computer generation of what Cahuachi looked like

Cahuachi

Peru

David Černý's Metalmorphosis

Charlotte, North Carolina

North Yungas Road

Bolivia

Great Train Graveyard

Bolivia
The entrance to the caves in St. Paul.

Wabasha Street Caves

St. Paul, Minnesota

Packrat Antiques

Denver, Colorado
Jacques Noël

Un Regard Moderne Bookstore

France
Ruins of a Victorian folly in Sydenham Hill Woods, London, UK. (Mark Bowler/Atlas Obscura)

Ruined Victorian Folly

London, England
Collage of the tunnel at Tunnel Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand, showing the beginning, a look backwards up the tunnel, and a view of the beach at the end of the tunnel. (Wikimedia Commons)

Tunnel Beach

Dunedin, New Zealand

Old Tunnel Bat Colony

Fredericksburg, Texas
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Globe Museum

Vienna, Austria
Many hard-to-find spices can be found here

Polcari's Coffee

Boston, Massachusetts
Palms shimmering off the water

Huacachina

Ica, Peru

Wisteria Tunnel

Kitakyushu, Japan

Usko Ayar

Peru
Blood Falls pouring into Lake Bonney. A tent can be seen in the lower left for size comparison. Photo from the United States Antarctic Program Photo Library.

Blood Falls

Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
<em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginza-line/2766272121/sizes/l/">Ginza-line</a></em>

Ushiku Daibutsu: The Great Buddha of Ushiku

Ushiku, Japan

Lake Retba

Senegal

Tōdai-ji Daibutsuden: The Great Buddha Hall

Nara, Japan

Convento de San Francisco Ossuary

Lima, Peru
Fly Geyser

Fly Ranch Geyser

Gerlach, Nevada

Historic Melnik

melnik, Bulgaria

Buckhorn Exchange

Denver, Colorado

Pierre Bazalgues Macabre Antique Stand

Saint-Ouen, France
(Wikimedia Commons)

Great Banyan Tree

Howrah, India
(WikiCommons)

Las Lajas Sanctuary

Colombia
Group and private baths

Bagby Hot Springs

Estacada, Oregon

The Bog Bodies at the Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum

Schleswig, Germany

Le Chêne Chapelle – The Chapel Oak

Allouville-Bellefosse, France
Wayfarers Chapel, Interior

Wayfarers Chapel

Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Uncommon Objects Sign

Uncommon Objects

Austin, Texas

Glass Flowers at Harvard Museum of Natural History

Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Yanar Bulag Fire Spring

Astara, Azerbaijan

5 Beekman Street

New York, New York
Giant seagull terrorizing miniature farm.

Madurodam

The Hague, The Netherlands

Admiral's Row

Brooklyn, New York
Desert leading to the Tree of Life. (Harold Laudeus/Flickr)

Tree of Life

Bahrain

Book Mountain

Spijkenisse, The Netherlands

Portugal's Chapel of Bones

Evora, Portugal
A nice spot to take a break at the North End branch of the Boston Public Library

Diorama of Venetian Palace

Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Athenaeum

Boston Athenaeum

Boston, Massachusetts

Fingal's Cave

Staffa, Scotland
The Sundew uses hundreds of sticky dewdrops to catch bugs

Carnivorous Plants at the Huntington Gardens

San Marino , California

Archipelago Cinema

Thailand

Vanderbilt Museum

Centerport, New York
Freaks of Nature

The Museum of the Weird

Austin, Texas

Bologna Zoological Museum

Bologna, Italy

The Bierpinsel

Berlin, Germany

Bologna's Instituti di Anatomia Umana Normale

Bologna, Italy
Wunderland Kalkar

Wunderland Kalkar

Kalkar, Germany

Museo de Palazzo Poggi Anatomy & Obstetrics Collection

Bologna, Italy

Chinoike Jigoku

Beppu, Japan
Sunlight beams into the Cenote (Flickr/soyignatius)

Cenote Xkeken

Valladolid, Mexico
Laeken Greenhouses illuminated. (luc_viatour/Flickr)

Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Brussels , Belgium
Menotti's lasted to this day with only a few name changes.

Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy

Venice, California
Underwater Museum at Cape Tarhankut. (Panoramio)

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

Mayak, Ukraine
Buontalenti Grotto. (61736507/Flickr)

Buontalenti Grotto

Florence, Italy

The Osmotheque

Versailles, France

Palomar Observatory

Palomar Mountain, California
The Morbid Anatomy LIbrary

Morbid Anatomy Library

Brooklyn, New York
Outside of the store. (Loved To Death)

Loved To Death

San Francisco, California

Le Jardin de Nous Deux

Lyon, France
Beautiful Cave Entrance

St. Beatus Cave

Beatenberg, Switzerland
Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici. (61736507/Flickr)

Studiolo Francesco I de’ Medici

Florence, Italy
Monkeys lounging in the hot springs of the park

Jigokudani Park, Japan

Yamanouchi, Japan

Machines of the Isle of Nantes

Nantes, France

Tree Cathedral

Oltre il Colle, Italy
The entire ceiling

The dome illusion

Rome, Italy

Jellyfish Lake

Rock Islands, Palau
The Long Room

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

Dublin, Ireland
Tufa tower on south shore of Mono Lake

Mono Lake

Lee Vining, California
The strange creature on the Duomo portal

Milan's Duomo "Dinosaur"

milan, Italy

Sami

Greece
Citadelle Laferrière

Citadelle Laferrière

Haiti
Barn. (Guido Otero/Flickr)

Fordlândia

Fordlândia, Brazil
Apothecary jars in main room

Santa Maria Novella Pharmacy

Florence, Italy
Saltstraumen Maelstrom

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

Bodø, Norway

City Hall Station

New York, New York
Photo Courtesy the Long Now Foundation

Petra

Ma'an Governorate, Jordan

Palace of Winds

Jaipur, India

Titan Missile Museum

Sahuarita, Arizona

Trou de la Fée - Protected Bat Cave

Desbiens, Canada
The Tunisian pavilion.

Ruins of Le Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale

Paris, France

Evolution Nature Store

New York City, New York

Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities

Torino, Italy

The Stonework of Machu Picchu

Urubamba Valley, Peru

Devil's Swimming Pool

Victoria Falls, Zambia
The huge tea kettle often smokes with the "boiling" tea inside

Boston Tea Kettle

Boston, Massachusetts
A cozy Dutch house on the outside

Eisinga Planetarium

Franeker, Netherlands

Quartiere Coppedé

Rome, Italy

Sokushinbutsu of Dainichi temple

Dewa, Japan
Blue Lagoon; big-ashb/Photographer

Blue Lagoon

Grindavík, Iceland

The Butterfly Room

Frewville, Australia
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The Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford, United Kingdom
Blue Hole Jamaica.

Blue Hole Mineral Spring Jamaica

Brighton, Jamaica
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The Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford, United Kingdom
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