The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.