The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

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

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.