For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

Where the oil industry began.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.