The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

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

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

Artist's eccentric property excessively decorated with found objects and work of his own.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

This failed condo development was reborn as a street art hub.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.