Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A tiny graveyard with a mysterious past.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

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

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

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

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The seat of the lost Ryukyu Kingdom has survived numerous fires and wars over the centuries.

A World War II battle site made famous by one man's heroic actions.

An exact replica of Bill Clinton's childhood home stands within a resort in Japan.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.