Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

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

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York's oldest magic store.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.