A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

The small alleys in Lübeck's Old Town are a result of medieval urban sprawl.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.