Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

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

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.