Where the oil industry began.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A local prank turned town icon.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

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

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.