Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

The world's largest rotating world.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."