This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.