Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

"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."

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

World's largest Christmas store.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.