Places Edited by michellecassidy1

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

A dilapidated psychiatric facility on the outskirts of Milan where electroconvulsive therapy was developed and Napoleon once lived.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

Where hundreds of Japanese civilians committed suicide to avoid being captured by American soldiers during WWII.