This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.