An extravagant 18th-century fountain built with bits of broken ceramic.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.