Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

The former residence of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, an enslaved African-American woman who successfully sued for her freedom.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A giant roundabout made up of six smaller roundabouts can befuddle the uninitiated.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.