This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.