The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.