Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, you can drive through the trunk of an ancient tree.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Once upon a time in Kamakura, a five-headed dragon fell in love with an Indian water goddess.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.

Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

The largest drain hole in the world.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

What was once thought to be a wellspring of unicorn bones is actually just a prehistoric burial site.