A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

This bridge is so steep it looks like a rollercoaster.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

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

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

This castle played host to the largest great hall found in medieval Central Europe.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.