Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Vancouver's only resting place for the city's deceased.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

Secret Swing.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.