The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Yo, Adrian!

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.