A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.