This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

A triumphal steel arch on the side of a German mountain.

The little tuxedo cat survived the trip, then languished in obscurity.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.