New York's oldest magic store.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

A small museum houses a long, rich history of life and death on Lake Erie — from famous shipwrecks to rum smugglers.

Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Outsider Art Community.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.