What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?