Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Garments from across the globe call this hidden gem home.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

Stop by this fifth-generation fish market and smokehouse for the catch of the day.

Larger-than-life sculptures of the world’s most famous cat mark the birthplace of creator Jim Davis.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.

The design of this modernist church was revolutionary when it was constructed in 1942.

Indiana’s largest prehistoric earthwork, aligned with the solstices.

A former church transformed into a public library.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.