At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

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