A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

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

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.