Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

This imposing tower named after the mythical sword of King Arthur is considered the tallest freestanding climbing wall in the world.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.