This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

A science teacher's dream.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.