A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

The final resting place of a controversial man who was instrumental in plucking the banjo from obscurity.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.