The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

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

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

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

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

An original apothecary from 1792.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.