"Only the devil could play golf here."

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

What is the Thing?

One car at a time please.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.