Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.