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Dalat, Vietnam

The Massive Darahoa Rooster

Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.
Akaroa, New Zealand

The Giants House

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.
Besalú, Spain

Besalu Micromundi Museum of Miniatures

Medieval village and microminiature museum.
Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain

Church of Sant Miquel del Fai

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.
Kauhajoki, Finland

Alpo Koivumäki Safari Park

Extraordinary animals sculpted from leftover junk.
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.
Ica, Peru

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Jablanac, Croatia

Jablanac Shipwreck

The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.
Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia

Erta Ale

Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Centreville, Virginia

Foamhenge

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
San Francisco, California

Site of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.
San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Park Diorama

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Elf Door at Deming Heights Park

Enter the Forest of the Elves.
Anchorage, Alaska

Burial Spirit Houses

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.
Los Angeles, California

Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Little Rock, Arkansas

Billy Bass Adoption Center

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.
San Francisco, California

John McLaren Statue

The legendary statue-hating superintendent of Golden Gate Park is honored with... a statue.
San Jose, California

Drawbridge

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Audubon, Iowa

Albert The Bull

The World's Largest Bull.
Picher, Oklahoma

Picher

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.
Fairview, Utah

Thistle Ghost Town

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.