L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.

Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.

Near this allegedly haunted pub, you can find strong spirits on the rocks.

An abandoned village, frozen in time by the threat of a landslide.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

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.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.