This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

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

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

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.