Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

One man built this shrine in the 1970s to pay tribute to a miracle he had witnessed.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.