This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

This Spanish theme park stands out in the Japanese countryside.

This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

Malaysia's first interactive museum.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

Self-mutilation in the name of beauty.

This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

Extravagant mosque honors modern Islam.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

A vast collection of everyday items amassed by one man.