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

This former prison is an Art Deco masterpiece with a past full of civil rights flashpoints.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Tijuana's legendary jai alai or "basque ball" palace is now a massive music venue.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.