A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

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

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.