The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.

Artfully arranged bones of 5,800 Austrians.