One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

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.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.