First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."