On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

An allegedly cursed tree represents a town's reckoning with a racist past.

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

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

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

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

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.