Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

One of the world's southernmost bars.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

People can't get enough of these adorable Japanese photobooths.

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.