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Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.

Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.

This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

This alleyway was named to honor the memory of a beloved local dog.

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

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

A glamorous hotel that once accommodated French resistance fighters and concentration camp survivors.

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

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.