The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The largest Lenin statue in Central Asia was moved to an empty field rather than being destroyed.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.