An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

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

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

These enigmatic columns tower over the ruins of an ancient Toltec city.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

This foreboding building was the headquarters of the terrifying Spanish Inquisition in Mexico.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

A former mining hospital is now a vibrant artistic hub.

This small collection in the back of a shop is the only oddities museum in Saskatoon.

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.