Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.