Once home to an aristocratic family and a workers' organization, this intricately tiled building now houses a chain restaurant.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

A museum, walk-through diorama, and library nestled under one castle-like roof.