Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The largest collection of historic military firearms in the United States.

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

The largest body of water in Massachusetts annihilated four small towns just to slake Boston's thirst.

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

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.