The former home of one of America's greatest short story writers is home to an annual pun competition.

This gate served as a small lock-up jail in the 14th century.

After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

One of the three perfect vellum copies of this historic book known to exist is on display in a specially-designed case.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

This small canyon park was once the main street of Silver City—until a flood washed it away.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

New Hampshire's first neighborhood is now preserved as a historic village with live action role players.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

The revival of a classic Art Deco theater.

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.