The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Experience Larry Spring's self-taught "common sense" laws of physics.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.