The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The whole world in one water tank.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

The world's longest known cave system.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.