This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

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

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

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

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

A tribute to the pop culture icon overlooks this Washington D.C. intersection.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Only a shrine remains at the site of the catastrophic nightclub inferno that killed 100 Great White fans.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.

Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.