Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.