Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

An abandoned generator and motor factory has become a multi-use industrial campus.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

This Indiana walk of fame honors music legends with record-shaped plaques in the pavement.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.