An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

A land of debatable treasure.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

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

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.