This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.