This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

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

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

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

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Walk through the sets of old western films at this small museum in Utah.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.