This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

A quarter-scale locomotive wonderland built by one man and his family.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Italian cave with exceptional acoustics and an unsavory history.