The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.