Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

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

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

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

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.

"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.

Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.