After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

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

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.