Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

A piece of telecommunications history.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.