The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.

This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.

The grave of the legendary "Bonzo" can often be seen covered in cymbals and drumsticks.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.