The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

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

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

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

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.