Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.