This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.