This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

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

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

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

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

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

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.