A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

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.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.