Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

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

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.