Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

A mural honoring two trailblazing Supreme Court Justices—Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Essential to the history of early American religious freedom and home to the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.