The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.