This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

This massive solar generating facility in the Nevada desert has been plagued by difficulties.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.