An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

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

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

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

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

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

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

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.