This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Ugly 18th-century dwarf statues living in a perfectly landscaped Austrian garden.

America's first federal monument.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.