Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This manor in the woods memorializes one of the greatest birders of a generation.

This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.