Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.