A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.