Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.

An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.

Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.