This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

This site honors the end of a 100-year boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico—all started by a river's shifting course.

A prison-like structure guards the remains of a notorious Old West outlaw.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

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