This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.