Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The legendary giant's severed hand sits on Antwerp's popular shopping street.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

These gigantic skeletons tower over visitors and provide insight into the creatures that once ruled over Ireland.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.