A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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

An office built to look like a giant basket.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.