Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

These locks on North America’s oldest canal are named after a porcine rock formation.

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

A boardwalk winds above this beautiful bog full of wildlife and a rare type of turtle.

Hidden deep within New Jersey Pine Barrens is a massive graffiti wonderland.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

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.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.