Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Sitting in the arguable birthplace of the Wild West, this museum holds the largest collection of bronco busting bric-a-brac in the world.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The vanishing remains of an old water station from the late 19th century.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of Northern New Mexico's geology.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.