Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.