This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A big museum full of little worlds.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

The most confusing clock in New York.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.