This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

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

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.