This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

Discover diverse aquatic life and befriend resident turtles at this private diving grotto in north Florida.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A tribute to Rhode Island's state bird, a domesticated chicken breed that dominated the 19th-century poultry industry.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.