An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Twisted buildings adorn the banks of the Rhine river.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A man's home is his castle.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.