A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.