Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

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

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.