The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

A local prank turned town icon.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.