History

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A quaint village in Western New York named after Alexander Hamilton's beloved sister-in-law.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.