A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.

Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.

This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet.

A three-shelf library serves as a memorial in the Jewish cemetery of Krems.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.