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

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

An echo chamber with a waterfall wrapped around its base at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

An ode to this small town's big film history.

Like Mars, but much closer.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.