A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania.

This is one really big nut.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

The largest United States military cemetery overseas.