A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The artwork commemorates the many ways 20th-century people perished while on the clock.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The racehorse's headstone highlights a forgotten part of the Hendrie Park Gardens' history.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

The 18th-century church's stained-glass windows tell the story of the Haudenosaunee people.

This former Indiana quarry has been transformed into a park and SCUBA site where divers can explore the drowned mining equipment.