A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The lost American era of gunfighters, bandits, Indians and steam trains is recreated in Sweden.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A theme park made of glass, from the gleaming books on the shelves to the crystal fish in the mirror lake.

This incredible Chinese theme park may be the largest bootleg in history.

Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.

This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.

The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.

This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

The lavish temple of the Cao Dai religion that includes Buddha, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, and Victor Hugo.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.