Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.

This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

Things roll uphill on this Mexican street that seems to defy gravity.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

A unique walk through hundreds of cactus plants, including some that stretch over 8 feet tall.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.