Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

The final resting place of a wealthy landowner who helped create the largest public park in Western Massachusetts.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

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

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.