A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

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

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

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

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.