A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

A sprawling Victorian farm that has been surrounded by a capital city is one of Canada's greatest treasures.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.