An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

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

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

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

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

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Fine dining in the bizarre world of Lewis Carroll.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.