An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

The small candy-colored ride is the last rooftop Ferris wheel in Tokyo.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for nearly a century.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

The oldest hall in Iceland was written of in the Sagas and features a centuries-old escape tunnel.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.