New Haven, Connecticut
Skull and Bones Tomb
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
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New Haven, Connecticut
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
Key Largo, Florida
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Florida
This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Honoring combatants from Portsmouth who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
Portsmouth, Virginia
A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.
Atlanta, Georgia
Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
New York, New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Pacific Grove, California
The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Redding, California
This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.
Annapolis, Maryland
A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.
West Hartford, Connecticut
Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.
Newtown, Connecticut
This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.
Milford, Connecticut
This park is home to a massive bird sanctuary. And maybe buried treasure!
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.