An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

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

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.