This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

One of the few remaining temples of the Religion of Humanity.

A beautiful, abandoned farming headquarters overtaken by nature and graffiti.

Once a year, ambitious surfers can ride the world's largest river.

This necropolis is home to eclectic funerary art and is the final resting place for much of the city's nobility.

This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.

Modern pyramids built to channel positive energy have also fomented local tales of animal sacrifice.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

This small Brazilian museum honors the work of a German biologist who studied the jungles for decades.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

This anthropological museum offers a glimpse into the lives of the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon River Basin.

A labyrinthine museum chronicling the history of African culture in Brazil.

São Paulo's oldest magic shop has been hiding in plain sight for nearly four decades.