The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

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

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

What better place to take a seat?

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.