A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.