This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

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

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Taiwan's only erotically-themed restaurant brings the comedy back to sex and dinner.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

A tree full of wishes and footwear.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.