What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Rumored to be the famed pirate's lookout tower, this historic stone structure is now just watching for tourists.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.