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Beijing, China

798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
France

Clipperton Island

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.
Key Biscayne, Florida

Stiltsville

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain

Santa Cova of Montserrat

Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Calipatria, California

Salvation Mountain

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Chicago, Illinois

Rainbo Club

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.
Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Valentine, Texas

Prada Marfa

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Waukegan, Illinois

Dead River

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico

El Árbol del Tule (The Tule Tree)

The stoutest tree in the world.
Inyo County, California

Scotty's Castle

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Toronto, Ontario

R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.
Spratly Islands

Spratly Islands

The most disputed archipelago in the world.
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Circus World

China's most famous acrobatics act.
Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Parkville, Australia

Melbourne Medical Museum

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.