This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

World's largest Christmas store.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

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