Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

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

The U.S. Fish Commission’s effort to mass produce carp.

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

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

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

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.