This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.