Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.