An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's largest rotating world.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.