This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

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

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

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.