Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.