When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Cockroach Museum features roach celebrities and live hissing cockroaches.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

Founded over a thousand years ago, this shrine is said to be built on the site of a warlord's harem prison.

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