Places KatKamakura Wants to Go

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

This São Paulo home became a lifelong prison for a woman with a tragic childhood.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Absolutely no saxophones in the library.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

With more than 2,000 pieces, this is world's largest collection of artwork inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper.'

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.