A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.