Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This 22-floor tower's Skydeck offers panoramic views of Amsterdam.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The man who wasn't there.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

Because there's no place like home.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.