The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.