Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The magic's in the hole!

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.