The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.