Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

This classic Kansas City song reference is the place for anyone who wants to stand at the corner of 12th Street and Vine.

Small rustic cabin nested in the mountains of Killington, Vermont.

Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

A tiny but mighty little pumper sits in the middle of the street, waiting for the next big oil strike.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.