A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

Site of an oft forgotten and revolutionary battle.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.