Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The world's largest historic armory was established by independent citizens to defend themselves from the wars of larger forces.

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

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

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

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.