A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.