Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

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

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

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The place where Samuel "Slater the Traitor" brought the Industrial Revolution to America.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."