Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

The only home of the famous French impressionist painter open to the public is now a museum and bed and breakfast.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.