One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

This arts and culture cultural center explores the diverse cultural heritage of the American West.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

At this Wisconsin museum there are real ducks, fake ducks, duck calls and a Duck Blind.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

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

A giant steel sculpture with animals in its shadows.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

A statue high in a hill that represents how Buffalo Bill got his name.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.