Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.