This restored 19th-century calender, a machine used in rubber manufacturing, commemorates the town's local industry.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

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

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

This colorful statue welcomes visitors to a Barcelona park.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.