While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

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

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

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

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

One of 100 “Whaling Wall" murals painted in 13 different countries by a renowned marine life artist.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.