The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.