A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

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

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.