Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

The last standing piece of a famous Honolulu landmark.

Showing films since the silent era of the 1920s, it is now the last movie house in downtown Newport.

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

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

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

Dedicated to the explorer who opened Japan to the West.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.