A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Evidence from a brutal 1880s murder is on display at this former infirmary house.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.