A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The largest Chinese cemetery in the world outside of China dates back to the 15th century.

An exploration of Malaysian heritage through the lens of traditional textiles.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

In a historic steel foundry east of the Mississippi River, thousands of wooden crates hold the architectural remnants of buildings long gone but not forgotten.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.