The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

Outside the Department of Transportation, a collection of artifacts honors the history of how we get around.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.