At the farthest end of New Brunswick is an eclectic museum dedicated to the Fab Four.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This historic sculpture from the 16th century is even older than the city of Boston.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

A brooding mansion of clinker brick stands out among the Victorian houses of Pacific Heights.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

The oldest building in Charleston was used to store gunpowder during the American Revolution.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.