This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.