Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A classically inspired temple in Redwood City.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.