Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

The blood-soaked ruins of the castle where the murderous Blood Countess was walled in alive.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.

A small museum in this border city displays the contraband art that has been stolen back from smugglers.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

This hidden collection of everyday objects illustrates life within communist Poland.

Come to this Polish museum to take a good, clean look at filth.