On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

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

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This ancient subterranean megalopolis is known for the hot oil traps that were installed above each of its entrances.