This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.