A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.