This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

A mysterious spirit totem at the edge of Navajo lands.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.