One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

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

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

An original apothecary from 1792.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Located close to a movie studio lot, this restaurant has a long history of star-studded patronage.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

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

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

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.