WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

A local prank turned town icon.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

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