This log house sits in the remote Canadian wilderness, and holds a mysterious tale of the trapper who built it.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Hidden high on a remote mountain peak is a humbling and mysterious Vietnam War memorial.

These tiny pine-covered islands have inspired art and poetry for centuries.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The first Russian Orthodox church in the Catholic city of Rome in almost a thousand years.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.