Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Always a new use for this old building.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The world's largest collection of intentionally useless inventions.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.