This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

A century-old landmark that once employed Sinclair Lewis and is still known for its ghost stories.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.