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An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.

A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.

A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

From this isolated strip of land in Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

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

Ice roads, deep holes and 3,500 pounds of diamonds.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.