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Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.
San Luis Obispo, California

Madonna Inn

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Denver, Colorado

Packrat Antiques

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.
Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Québec

Thetford Asbestos Mine

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.
Brookfield, Vermont

Floating Bridge of Brookfield, VT

One car at a time please.
Cuxhaven, Germany

Site of operation Backfire

WWII rocket launchpad in rural Germany and site of operation backfire.
Swan Hill, Australia

Pioneer Settlement

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.
Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.
Malindi, Kenya

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Washington, D.C.

Palace of Wonders

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Newcomb, New York

Tahawus

An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Big Sur, California

The Henry Miller Memorial Library

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.
Ängelholm V, Sweden

Ängelholm UFO Memorial

A memorial to a Swedish hockey player's "encounter" with aliens.
Brück, Germany

Brück Aerial Testing Facility

The metal-free wooden towers of Brück.
Bloomington, Indiana

The Garret

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.
Modena, Italy

Nautilus Antiques and Old Oddities

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."
Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Winnemucca, Nevada

Humboldt Museum

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants
Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
San Diego, California

Lucha Libre Taco Shop

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

American Science & Surplus

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!
New York, New York

Maxilla & Mandible

A Natural History and Science Emporium.
London, England

Get Stuffed

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.