This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Over 200 people were buried here with only a small stone to mark their final resting place.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

This former big box store has been reimagined as a massive public art space.