A small park honors the legendary Ukrainian poet.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

This statue in Plaza San Francisco commemorates a beloved figure from 1950s Havana.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

Journey through a bit of nostalgia inside this classic record and video store.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.