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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.