Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

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

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.