An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

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

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.