A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.