Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

Ancient catacombs form the foundation for this Rococo orgy of a church.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

A small but charming botanical garden that contains many exotic plant species.