A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

For books about travel, whether factual or fictional, the perfect antiquarian does exist.

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This 19th-century outhouse has been recognized as a historic site.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

A focal point for the German American Festival-Society symbolizing the "Spirit of Unity' and fellowship for the Toledo area.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.