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

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The world's largest rotating world.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.