A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

This colorful boulder serves as a canvas for political statements and artistic expression.

Tokyo’s “Kitchen Town” hosts a number of shops selling intricate food replicas.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Artifacts from a battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor displayed in the Capitol building of its namesake.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Remains of a massive World War II blimp base, now home to a railroad museum.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

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

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.