Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

A rancher expanding a natural spring for his cattle came up with bones – lots and lots of them.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Hill-like structures formed by glaciers and sandy spits of land.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

Population: 1.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.