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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Built to defend Washington D.C. during the Civil War, this fort became a post-war nucleus for a thriving Black community.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

A superbly preserved example of Georgian residential architecture that was once home to one of the founders of Alexandria, Virginia.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

America's first federal monument.

A piece of the Ludendorff Bridge, also known as Remagan Bridge, calls this military base home.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.