This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This opulent Pueblo Deco movie palace melds Art Deco and Native American motifs.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.