Places Temporary Hero Wants to Go

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

The rare American Civil War-era weapon was never fired in anger.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

It wouldn't be long after purchasing this farm, Brown would lead his siege on Harper's Ferry.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

The remains of the furnace and iron works that produced the massive Hudson River Chain still stand in the woods of New York.

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.