The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.