Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A small and somewhat hidden memorial to 68 local veterans of the Vietnam War.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

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

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.