The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

Celebrating an art form with a collection of puppets from all over the world.

It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.