This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

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

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

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

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.