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

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.