A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

This "City of Books" holds a museum, library, and the complete personal book collections of five of Mexico's greatest thinkers.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.