This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.