The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

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

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

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

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

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

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.