Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.

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

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

The former home of the "Manassa Mauler" is now a museum dedicated to his legendary boxing career.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

A monolith stands at the site of the most significant battle ever fought on British soil.

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

A British Commonwealth cemetery in the heart of Milan, with 421 allied soldiers died during World War II.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

Although outnumbered, the Tecumseh Confederacy defeated a large regiment of United States troops.