Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A unique journey back in time to an early 20th-century fairground.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A tribute to one man's encounter with a frightening cryptid.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

These prehistoric replicas were based on actual skeletal remains.

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.