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Japan’s tallest Godzilla statue contains a piece of the original 1954 film within its base.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.

A place like gnome other.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Everything in this two-story house—down to the mounted deer head on the wall—was carefully crafted from concrete.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.