Teddy Roosevelt’s famous “midnight ride to the presidency" started at this small lake high up in the Adirondacks.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.