This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.