The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's first public mental health facility.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.