Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.