Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Resting in the middle of an Austrian river, this sci-fi "island" lets people cross in neon style.

This restored colonial house was once home to the botanist responsible for bringing avocados to the U.S.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's largest rotating world.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.