This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Hiding the longest subterranean river known in the world.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

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

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

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

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.