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

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A copy of the famous bus used during the filming of 'Into the Wild' is on display at an Alaska brewery.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

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

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.