An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

While most books are made of wood, these wooden books are truly made of, and all about wood.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

The largest falcon hospital in the world, caring for over 6,000 feathered patients every year.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.