14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

Remnants of a wall built to separate Black residents of Hall's Hill from a newly built subdivision are a grim reminder of segregation in 20th-century Virginia.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

The last early 20th-century schoolhouse in Fairfax County has galvanized the community and engendered a spirit of service among residents.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

Hidden in the forest atop a long, winding driveway is this stately home.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

Originally dubbed "Retirement" by the Navy Commodore who built it in 1780, this beautiful mansion is now the centerpiece of a suburban community park.

A small brick parlor house and artist's studio located in the wilderness is surrounded by imposing suburban palaces.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.