An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.