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Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

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.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

A stunning architectural yet functional feat, towering over Oslo.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.