The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Museum of science fiction, utopias, and extraordinary journeys of the mind.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

World's largest Christmas store.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Largest island in the Baltic Sea experiences such idyllic weather that roses bloom in the middle of December.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

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

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.