The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A beautifully designed asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center with a ghost story or two.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

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.

An elaborate memorial to a man local legend says died of a broken heart.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A local prank turned town icon.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

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

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.