Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

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

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This is one really big nut.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.