A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

While only two of the ancient buildings at this site are actually churches this was one of the earliest Irish pilgrimage sites ever.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The world's longest known cave system.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

A chapel built by Italian POWs during World War II tells a forgotten tale of the war on the home front.