The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

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

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.