Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

More than 2 million Olive Ridley sea turtles are hatched from this mass nesting ground every year.

An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.

The second oldest and longest of Delaware's three covered bridges.

A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The world's longest known cave system.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.