This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

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

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.