The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This backwater graveyard in the Hamptons became a trendy burial spot and posthumous status symbol for famous artists.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.