History

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

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

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

A tribute to a 13-year-old boy who was kidnapped in 1793 and escaped over two years later.

A portal into the bricked up canal that runs through the heart of Washington D.C.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.