This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

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

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

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

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

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

In 1932, Americans honored their first president's 200th birthday by planting trees.

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

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.