At one of the nation’s longest-running professional theaters, the audience used to barter for tickets with produce and livestock.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

Amphibious mascots display a quirkier side to this luxury hotel's rich history.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This small pedestal marks the spot of the first lot of land sold in Alexandria, Virginia in 1749.

An original apothecary from 1792.

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.

An 18th-century townhouse that once hosted guests of the president.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.