A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.

Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

One of the few remaining monuments dedicated to South Boston's Irish heritage.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

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

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.