This high-perched pachyderm marks the memory of not one, but two elephants gunned down in small New England towns.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

New Preston and Kent, Connecticut - where Friday the 13th, Part 2 was filmed.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.