Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Remains of the old fortification along the Western border of the USSR, now an elaborate defense museum.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This peculiar lake of pitch is so thick and viscous that one can walk on its surface.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.

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

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.