At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.