The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Located in Faneuil Hall, the headquarters of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts has stood the test of time.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.