The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

An inland seafood emporium makes more sense than you'd think.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

The first steel dam in the world and the only one still functional in the United States.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.