The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.