When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

This black cat was actually designed to ward off bad luck.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

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

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.