A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

This Harriet Tubman mural went viral for kids interacting with it.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

An ode to Japanese artist Hokusai, with a bit of a comical twist.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.