Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

A monument to the groundbreaking environmentalist sits near the place where she first experienced the sea.

Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

Recently revamped museum of Fijian history located within a gorgeous colonial-era garden.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.

This colorful, ornately-decorated cemetery sits next to a quiet cove known as "the beach of the dead."

This bridge over the River Cuale leads to a neighborhood that was once an escape for Hollywood's elite.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Meat and seafood are part of the frozen dessert flavors available at these legendary street stands.

A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.