One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

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

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.