Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Lego blocks now patch Rouen's WWII scars.

A French museum of wrought iron.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.