This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."