Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

The world's second-largest excavated hole.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.

This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.