This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Giant relaxing Buddha in Malaysia.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.