A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Where the oil industry began.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.