Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

This Polish cave has housed a dragon, a brothel, and an enduring legend.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.