This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.