A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

Destructive children, start your engines.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

One of the most remarkable caves in all of Iceland was created by a once raging river of lava.

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.