Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

The handsome statue is a tribute to the post riders who traversed 52 miles of tough Arizona terrain.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

Critics argue this boab tree has been mislabeled for the sake of dark tourism, undermining its spiritual significance.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.