A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

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

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."