The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

Small shop offering mail-order rare and exotic plants.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.