The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

Formerly a brutal Nazi colony, this Chilean village was remade as a (controversial) German-themed tourist trap.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.