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Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

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

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

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

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.