Margate City, New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
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Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Lakehurst, New Jersey
The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Ridge, New York
The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.
New York, New York
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
Brooklyn, New York
Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Québec City, Québec
Train tunnel running underneath Quebec City.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Calgary, Alberta
Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.
Calgary, Alberta
A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."
Victoria, British Columbia
First flying reptile discovered in British Columbia was for years forgotten in a cabinet.
Mundare, Alberta
Massive kielbasa stands 42 feet tall and weighs in at 12,000 pounds.
Jasper, Alberta
This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Drumheller, Alberta
As if T-rex wasn't big enough, this Canadian monument is four times larger than the real thing.
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Bankhead, Alberta
The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.
Banff, Alberta
This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.
Wendover, Utah
A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.
Payson, Utah
A dazzling display of red rocks weathered into spires and hoodoos.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.