Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Hands-on activities, childbirth artifacts, and a library are all part of this tiny, one-room museum that examines motherhood and women’s roles throughout history.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

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

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.