When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Despite its extensive history, this fort saw little to no combat.

The final resting place of a man who claimed that he could tame even the mightiest of bears.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.

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

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

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

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

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

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

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.