This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.