Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.