Dallas, Texas
Half Price Books Flagship Store
A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.
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Dallas, Texas
A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.
St. Augustine, Florida
A market building entangled in St. Augustine's history of slavery and civil rights protest
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Washington, D.C.
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Iuka, Mississippi
The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.
Tupelo, Mississippi
This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.
St. Francisville, Louisiana
Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.
Monroeville, Alabama
An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.