The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

The resolution to a case that had gone cold for 120 years, found on an old piece of wood.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The final resting place of the visionary founders of Kelloggs, a global leader in breakfast cereals.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.