Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Second largest wastewater treatment plant in the country.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.

One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.

This is the house that spite built.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.