Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

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

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This 15th-century mosque is a beautiful blend of Hindu and Islamic architecture.