Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.