This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.

The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

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

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A local prank turned town icon.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Public outcry led to this bridge's unique character which celebrates a giant frog battle and also sewing.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.