This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

Narrowest house in Boston.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

These ruins of an octagonal stone school that was later used as an A.U.M.P. church exemplify a popular school design from the 1830s.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.