The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

It's where the final scene of the beloved Tom Hanks movie was filmed.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

New London, Connecticut still holds a grudge against its hometown son who turned traitor and burned the city.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.