This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.