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Wellington, New Zealand

Moniac Machine

A strange machine made to evaluate the world economy using water and lots of tubes.
Oakland, California

Kinetic Steam Works

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.
Nanwei, Micronesia

Nan Madol Ruins

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Anaheim, California

Disneyland's Club 33

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Chicago, Illinois

Alinea Restaurant

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Istanbul, Turkey

Minyatür’s Nautical Instruments

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor’s Fairy Doors

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Aspen, Colorado

Magic Mushroom House

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
East Molesey, England

Magic Tap

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.
San Antonio, Texas

Magic Lantern Castle Museum

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.
Washington, D.C.

Palace of Wonders

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, tarot, oddities.
Mitaka, Japan

Ghibli Museum

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Sopron, Hungary

Taródi Vár

"Medieval" castle built in the mid-20th century by one family.
Malakwa, British Columbia

The Enchanted Forest

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
Ware, England

Scott's Grotto

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.
Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Tucson, Arizona

Valley of the Moon

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.
Boawae, Indonesia

Liang Bua Cave

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.
Coverham, England

Forbidden Corner

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Linz, Austria

Grottenbahn

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Salzburg, Austria

Schloss Hellbrunn

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Suoi Tien Cultural Theme Park

Have fun at the world's first Buddhist waterslide park.