Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Putt your way around Australia in a black light environment.

The world's only known button museum.

A charming flea market shop dedicated to retrofuturistic apparati.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.