The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

The summit Roosevelt conquered before he descended to become The Chief.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.