Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

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

This exhibit pays tribute to the “humble tinkerer” who invented the implantable pacemaker.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.