Three-story slide through the New Museum.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle.

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

An abandoned marine theme park has created a difficult experiment in dolphin rewilding.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.