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Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

Mosaics created from 11 million cigar bands.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

Giant sand sculptures of famous people and places are on display near the Tottori sand dunes.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol