A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.