Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

America's first public lending library began with a gift from Benjamin Franklin.

A stone marker dedicated to the “Father of American Education.”

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.

This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.