Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.