Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

What looks like a link in Gondor's early warning system is actually a centuries-old Italian fortress.

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

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.