A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.