The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

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

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.