A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This stone honors the U.S. Rangers who made Carrickfergus their home base during World War II.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

A boulder in the Churchyard of Down Cathedral marks the legendary burial place of "The Apostle of Ireland."

The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.