This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.