The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.