This monumental sculpture that welcomes visitors to Bethany Beach is a tribute to a regional Nanticoke Indian Tribe leader.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

This water tower commemorates the invention of the transistor on this site in 1947.

These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.