The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

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

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.