The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

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

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

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

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.