California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

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

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

Anyone can control this glittery light installation with just a phone call.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A 13th-century Swiss castle houses a collection of artifacts from the Polish diaspora.

Crossing a suspension bridge above a forest is the only way to reach this 12th-century monastery.