A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

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

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.