A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.

Final resting place of a pioneering scurvy researcher.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

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

This is the house that spite built.

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.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.