Places Edited by AF

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

The iconic D.C. restaurant where the Cuban Missile Crisis was negotiated, now a Walgreens.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.