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

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

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

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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

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

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.