A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.