A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

This quaint museum lets you take a ride on its antique carousels.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.