For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

The middle finger of modernity.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This quirky collection is an interactive exhibit crammed with creative contraptions and tinkered-with toys.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

Water-powered gadgets whirr to life in this quirky eco park.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

The narrowest street in the world is in danger of closing up entirely.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.