The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

How did a former First Lady's tiara wind up being sold to a pawn shop on reality TV?