What killed this humpback whale is a mystery, but its remains have become legendary.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

Just another ancient, mysterious Irish stone circle.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.