Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.