An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.