Dusty weirdo

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A private Las Vegas horse ranch adorned with whimsical artwork.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

Decades of discarded bottle caps line this alleyway, a fixture of Texas A&M.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.