This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Where the oil industry began.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

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

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.