After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.