Explore some of the most unique vehicles in history along with a cast of unsettling mannequins.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.