The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

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

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.