Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

An otherworldly art experience.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.