A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.