The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

Forrest Gump ran past this iconic Maine lighthouse in his cinematic cross-country journey.

One of Alaska's most significant ancient sites, spanning millennia and cultures, is right under the feet of some famously fat bears.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.