In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

A white oak with property rights.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.