The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

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

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

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

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

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

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.