Locals often dress this effigy of Traverse City's founder in festive outfits.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Here be dragons.

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

Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.