Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

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

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

How did a former First Lady's tiara wind up being sold to a pawn shop on reality TV?

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.