This Portland shop is brimming with natural wonders, local art, and handmade goods fashioned from recycled materials.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.

This massive steel pyramid can be entered by a set of jagged steps that let visitors stand in its heart.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

An ornate tower shows off a local artist's architectural flair.

Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.