A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.