In Indiana's first capital city of Corydon, the original State Capitol still stands among other historic buildings.

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

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

A collection of thousands of pieces of unique, colorful glass made in this Ohio town.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.