An ode to one of the dirtiest jobs during the construction of the Boulder Dam.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

One of the last-standing and most prominent structures from a long-lost colonial port community.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

This cemetery holds the remains of an accused witch and the man that ensured her freedom.

The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

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

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.