Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The middle finger of modernity.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.