A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A chessmaster's dream destination.