This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

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

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

"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!”