Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

What once housed a private club catering to Comstock Lode elite is now considered one of the West’s most haunted spaces.

A Wild West saloon that helped define a generation of psychedelic rock.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The origin of the Nixon tapes is rooted in technological incompetence as much as secrecy.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.