This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

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

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.