A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A mesmerizing wonderland of salt-encrusted tree branches and pencil roots.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.

This crocodile-infested East Timor reservoir is also home to a spectacular half-sunken forest.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.