A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

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

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

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

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.