A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.