This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

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

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.