You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The magic's in the hole!

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.