The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.