A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.