An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

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

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.