History

The second oldest surviving house in Athens was owned by an Irish General.

This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

A place where you can symbolically rid yourself of negative thoughts and attitudes.

It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.

This community museum preserves the largest collection of Coal Age fossil plants in Maritimes.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

A strategically positioned fortress that protected the Fazana channel has found new life as a place for theater.

An unconventional monument to one of America's largest landowners.

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

A slope with a mysterious name recalls a discontinued pre-war energy drink.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.