An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Annual celebration commemorating the 1965 sighting of strange lights in the town.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."