Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.