This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.