Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Welcome sign announcing Haverhill, MA, as the birthplace of horror rocker/artist/director Rob Zombie.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.