The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.