In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

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

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

On a small Puerto Rican island, banks of secret naval bunkers lie abandoned and filled with piles of office equipment.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.