These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.

Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

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

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.