A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

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

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.