When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A unique marker erected during the 18th century.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.

An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Get up close and personal at this Fresnel Lens.