An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

This exacting restaurant will charge a fine for every grain of rice you've left behind.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

London's old-school healing garden.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Outsider Art Community.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.