The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A student driver's nightmare.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.