Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.