This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

One of Japan's most famous sights, the bridge was originally built in 1673.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Once home to over 8,000 exiled Hawaiians suffering from Hansen's Disease.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The loneliest island in New York.

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

A shrine on the shores of the Tigris.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.