In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.