This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The middle finger of modernity.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A cemetery full of exquisite statuary, including a monument to a woman some say died of a broken heart.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

The final resting place of one of the first alleged vampires.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.