The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.