Amazingly detailed marble cinerary urns that once held the cremains of Roman elite.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

A priceless work of art created by the saint's own blood sister hangs in a San Antonio basilica.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A steampunk airship "floats" above Hamilton Gardens delivering plants and compost.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.