The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

"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."

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.