One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.