This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

A collection of the best toys ever made, The National Toy Hall of Fame is filled with kids, fun, and for some reason, a bird preserve.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.