One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.

Medieval Danse Macabre Fresco in Northern Brittany.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.