A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.