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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

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

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

A mural of a boy making a phone call connects a southern Maine community to a town in Iraq.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

One woman's dream became a train hotel in her backyard.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.