"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

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

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.