Saint Thomas, Ontario
Jumbo the Elephant
The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".
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Saint Thomas, Ontario
The statue of the famous elephant who was the original source of the word "jumbo".
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.
Lemmon, South Dakota
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Boissevain, Manitoba
This park straddling the United States-Canadian border has been a symbol of peace since 1932.
Boissevain, Manitoba
This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Washington, D.C.
This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.
Washington, D.C.
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Salem, Massachusetts
A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Hamilton, Ontario
The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.