The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.

Each solstice, students and astronomy enthusiasts gather at a primitive but functioning sun wheel to witness how humanity first used this calendar.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Definitely not a clown bar.

After the state would not recreate this beloved rock formation, three New Hampshire brothers took things into their own hands.

The magic's in the hole!

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Two artist-designed restrooms are part of the collection at the Smith College Museum of Art.

A series of murals depict the evolution of plant life from the Precambrian to the modern day.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."