This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

The most confusing clock in New York.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.