A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.

The oldest operating roller coaster of its kind, the Montaña Suiza has been thrilling riders since 1928.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Featured in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

One of the best collections of Byzantine art housed in a magnificent, 19th-century neoclassical home.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.