This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

The corporeal remains of Napoleon III's dentist rest under this 15-story obelisk.