People of the Plum Bayou culture built these enormous mounds over 1,000 years ago.

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

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.