The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

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

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.