The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

In this breathtaking canyon, crocodiles bask on boulders and glide through the murky waters.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The only international border marker within the United States.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.