Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Typewriter museum housing more than 1,500 machines preserves the history of the grandfather of computers.

An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

A retiree's challenge to build an outdoor wonderland out of trash.

A neo-Gothic castle in the Argentinian countryside.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Sulphuric gases inhabit a beautiful Japanese island.