Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

This historic estate was home to a girls’ seminary before housing Meadville’s first mayor.

Intricate, eye-catching, award-winning rubber sculptures liven up this Pennsylvania town.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

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

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

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.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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