This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

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Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Also known as "Leicester's Folly," this almost cathedral was left unfinished and in ruins.

The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.

This 500-year-old Tudor home is a treasure trove of history and mystery.

An amazing collection of curiosities hidden in a small Welsh village.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.