Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

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

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.