"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

These winged Maya figures are the subject of speculation and conspiracies.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

This statue commemorates the importance of hat manufacturing to Danbury, once known as the "Hat City of the World."

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

A stonemason's hilarious revenge came in the form of this peculiarly positioned gargoyle.