A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

A no-frills, DIY nature preserve manned by a U.S. expat who has dedicated his life to turtle conservation.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

This rickety old shed hides a trove of secondhand literary treasures.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

China's most famous acrobatics act.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.