The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

An invitation-only museum of items natural and bizarre, arcane and exotic.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The home of the world's first and last remaining "wooly ant."

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.