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Jaipur, India

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Littlefield, Arizona

Pumpkin Spring Pool

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
England

Maunsell Army Sea Forts

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
New York, New York

Tannen's Magic Shop

New York's oldest magic store.
Albany, California

The Bone Room

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wagner Free Institute

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Hitachinaka, Japan

Kochia Hill

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Paris, France

Museum of the History of Medicine

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
London, England

Hunterian Museum

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Calipatria, California

Slab City

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Naica, Mexico

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Los Angeles, California

Necromance

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Culver City, California

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

A modern day curiosity cabinet.
County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Fort Bragg, California

Glass Beach

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Atomic Museum

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.
Corbett, Oregon

Multnomah Falls

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Sweetwater, Tennessee

Lost Sea

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Greece

Sami

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.
Mammoth Lakes, California

Devils Postpile National Monument

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.