Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This mural painted by Keith Haring was done without payment as a gift to entertain the children at the Hôpital Necker.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.