The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.