George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

This massive solar system model is sprawled out across Maine's suburban wilderness.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Where the U.S. government kept its actual treasure, before Fort Knox.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Narrowest house in Boston.