Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.

This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

Once a state-of-the-art tuberculosis treatment spa, these ruins are now ruled by paintball players.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.

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

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This heart-shaped island looks substantially less lovely after a recent bulldozing project.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

This gnarled old tree supposedly sprouted from seeds kept in the pocket of a 16th-century Spanish sailor.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.