Some museums preserve beautiful things; this museum preserves hard work.

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

Yorktown’s grandest colonial home still wears the scars of the siege that helped end the American Revolution.

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

A whimsical bridge uses saxophones to pay tribute to two great men and the European Union.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The well-preserved remnants of a bridge that once made up a WW1-era military railroad.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

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

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.