Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

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

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

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

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.