Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

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

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.