At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.

What's believed to be the country's first shrine is, in Shintō mythology, the annual meeting place of the gods.

Pettah's beautiful floating market was once a stinky canal in a sketchy industrial area.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

A self-taught astronomer fell in love with the stars and built his own observatory in Colombia.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Rich with fauna and flora, nature-lovers can walk across the sea at this UNESCO World Heritage spot.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

Home to items never before seen by the public.