Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This tiered waterfall is so pretty it may cause visitors to cry tears of their own.

No need to strap in for a "ride" on this walkable roller coaster.

Free candle-lit art gallery, accompanied by a live piano score.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.