One of the only spherical 19th century gas containers left today.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.

The largest manmade caves in Europe now function as a motorbike club's headquarters.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Europe's largest community of crocodiles and alligators.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.