One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

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.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

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

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.