This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

This nature mural exists to protect the surrounding environment and its own canvas from destruction.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

This sculpture meant to honor the bravery of the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile proved controversial.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.