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Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

On Hurricane Island, a former ghost town has been transformed into a forward-thinking research center.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.