The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

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

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

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

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

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.