A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.