A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

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

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

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

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.