The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.