Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in 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.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

Explore the odd assortment of items that have washed up on the beaches of Plum Island.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

The New England cabin where an infamous British occultist conducted experiments in "magick".