The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.