From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.