This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

This once lawless patch of land was home to an infamous and deadly land feud.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Stolen goods adorn the organ at Old North Church.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.