Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.