A stone pillar marking the location of the westernmost battle of the American Civil War only honors one side of the conflict.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.