The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

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

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

At the base of the Golden Gate Bridge, a small sign basically begs for a high-five.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

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

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."