The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.