Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

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

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.