A battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.