An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

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

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A local prank turned town icon.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

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

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.