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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.