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

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

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

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.