It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.