Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

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

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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