The American author whose "rags-to-riches" stories were popular during the Gilded Age.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

This castle constructed in 1928 was crafted from drawings of Lismore Castle in Ireland.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The largest collection of political commercials in the world.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.