"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

One of Mother Nature’s geological gems, home to many prehistoric fossils.

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

Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

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

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

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

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

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

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.