The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.