A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.

For more than 25 years, this Philadelphia store has been offering a wide selection of Victorian oddities and antiques.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

This small church was constructed over the ruins of three temples dating to the Roman Republic.