According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

A local prank turned town icon.

Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.