This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

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

A collection of vehicles across American military history.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.