A humble reminder to Bedford’s past sits hidden in plain sight.

Memorial dedicated to four citizens killed during a shooting spree prompted by a routine traffic stop.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

The oldest house in the capital of Silicon Valley.

This museum explores the history of the book, from scrolls to mass-produced objects through tools, stories, and massive cast-iron binding machinery (some of it operational).