An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

One car at a time please.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Set sail on a small scale.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.