Where the Millerites gathered to watch the end of the world in 1844—and left disappointed.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

This Frank Lloyd Wright summer house was designed along Lake Erie as a retreat for a client's wife.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

The first American axe throwing club.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.