A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Inspired by "The Starry Night" this Dutch bike path turns into a glowing work of art each night.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.