Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!