This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

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

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

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

Yo, Adrian!

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.