The site of the first battle of World War II.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

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

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

Browse through a century of this principality's first popular export.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A towering spire in the fortress of Kalemegdan honors the victorious armies of Serbia during their struggles against the Ottoman Empire.