This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

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.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.