One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

This whimsically unique butterfly farm focuses solely on creating habitats for the gentle insects.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.