The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

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

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

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

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.