This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

The only surviving fragment of the lost Narragansett Pier Casino.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

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

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

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

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.