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.

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

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

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

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

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

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

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.