Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

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

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

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.