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

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

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

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

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

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

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

A tower that pays homage to local sailors who perished under the waves.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

What was meant as an innocent piece of art has earned a reputation as the "mansplaining sculpture."

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.