A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.