A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

America's first public mental health facility.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.