This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

America's first federal monument.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

These sweets make convincing mimics of everything from fish balls to eggs to koi ponds.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.