A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

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.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

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

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.