This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

A small town hallucinates en masse - Bad bread, or CIA science project?

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Perfume museum and library.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.