"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Only six people can sit inside this delightfully quaint sanctuary.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.