The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Bizarre Cavern.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.