Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.

Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.