This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

The ship that got left behind.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.