It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Bizarre Cavern.