The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.