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A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.