The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

This unassuming oasis elevated just above the busy streets of Jerusalem offers one of the best views of the Old City.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

This subterranean funicular is one of the world's smallest subways.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

In the middle of one of South America's most historic walled cities lies a bar with an enormous collection of Soviet memorabilia.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.