An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

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

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Launchpad for the US military’s dead mouse operation to battle millions of snakes.