Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

One of Australia's largest collections of preserved animals is on display in a historic theater.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

This odd 1930s shop remains stranded in time and shrouded in mystery.

A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Ever hear of the Milazzo Cage?

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.