After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

New York City's first Modernist house.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

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

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.