The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The magic's in the hole!

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.