For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

The longest-covered bridge in the state of Maryland.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The last vestige of a once substantial orchard and farm in the suburbs of Northern Virginia.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.