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This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.