A local prank turned town icon.

The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.

Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.