How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

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

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.