Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The world's only known button museum.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.