This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.