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

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

One of two side-by-side totem pole parks dedicated to educating visitors on Tlingit history and culture.

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Stone memorial that's said to predict the death of the pope and the site of the Cadaver Synod.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.