Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

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

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

These murals stand as reminders to the troubled history of this Northern Ireland city.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.