Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

An oddly touching memorial to a little-remembered nuclear tragedy.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."