Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The first bridge observation tower in the U.S. offers one of the best views of Maine.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An impressive collection of over 50,000 minerals including moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.