This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Japan's corrupt-mental-institution themed restaurant offers diners a chance to eat inside of filthy cells.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.