Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."