Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Modern sundial uses ancient methods to tell time and date perfectly.

The oldest licensed distillery in Ireland.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.