Politics

The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.

From the late 19th century until the 1960s, these stone-lined "stumps" were a popular place for people to air their views on local and international issues.

A moving and macabre World War I-era painting by the great artist Otto Dix.

The feminist fashion collective centering Palestinian craftsmanship and radical transparency.

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.

The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.

The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

Though a proud Texan, the 41st President of the United States started life in the suburbs of Boston.

This monument marking the center of Mexico might be more political than geographical.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.