Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt and a pirate.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.

A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.