A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Evidence from a brutal 1880s murder is on display at this former infirmary house.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

If you want to build a better mousetrap, first consult this small museum's massive collection of trapping tools.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

A strip of traditional hand towel serves as an admission ticket at this modern tenugui museum.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.