The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

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

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

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.”

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

America's first public mental health facility.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.