How did a 154-foot-long piece of spacecraft wind up abandoned along the side of a Florida road?

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.