The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

The boy drummer who became the last surviving Maryland soldier of the Revolution

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A lingering bit of Space Race nostalgia lies in the middle of the desert.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.