This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.