"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."

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

While this is positively the smallest library in Canada, it aspires to be the smallest in the world.

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.