A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.