Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Vines grow up the metal bars in this public park created from an old machine factory.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

First founded in 1472, this is the oldest bank in the world. Its history may explain why we call financial institutions "banks."

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.