The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The smallest and oldest covered bridge in Delaware.

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

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

This controversial statue once honoured a Russian Field Marshall, before ultimately being dismantled in a push to remove symbols of Russian influence.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.