This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

A local prank turned town icon.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.