P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.