This sycamore is Connecticut's largest tree, New England's largest sycamore, and among the largest of its kind nationwide.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts displays what it calls the world's largest ship model.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.