One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.