One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

America's first public mental health facility.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.