This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

This large artificial waterfall in Washington state was merely an incidental byproduct of a technological megaproject.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.