Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

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

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.