Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

This museum dedicated to local history is housed in the state's oldest surviving fire station.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

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.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.